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Commodore - CBM - PET 8050 - vintage floppy disk drive-Ceramic Chips-TESTED

Item No : 396847345239
Condition : No Condition Info
Brand : Commodore
Seller : 4096colors

Current Bid : US $326.80

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* Item Description
Commodore PET 8050 floppy disk drive - as is - pictures are of the actual items you will receive.
The PET 8050 is a 500 KB single-sided, 5.25-inch format drive.

This PET 8050 is in good overall cosmetic condition for its age. There are a few scratches and marks on the outside. Inside, it is fairly clean and looks complete.

UPDATE:
A few days ago a friend that is very knowledge with PET hardware (thanks John!) stopped by. We were able to successfully get boths drives to read/save and format a disk! Since both latches are currently broken, the mechanism was held down manually. I've acquired a 3D printed part to repair both latches and they will be installed soon. The drive has been tested to read/save/format but as this is vintage hardware, sold as-is. See updated pictures for two new screen shots.

I powered up the drive and the power light and the two disk lights illuminate. The drives did` not spin. The power light stays on. Both door latches appear to be broken (hopefully an easy fix). The left latch will not push down the drive mechanism but the right latch will. Both latches will need attention. It is sold as-is or for parts as the heads or other parts might need attention. Please consider this item untested and as is.

There are two differences I noticed with this drive compared to other 8050s for sale on eBay:
1. There are two ceramic chips on the motherboard, see pictures. I don't know how common the ceramic chips are but they are nice to look at. My guess is this unit is an earlier production model as it has the ceramic chips.
2. The 2nd board (the one with all the resistors) that sits atop the floppy mechanisms is considerably larger than in other 8050s that are for sale on eBay. Again, my guess is this unit is an earlier production model.
Anyway, just a guess. If you can explain the above two items, send me a message!
I will leave floppy disk in each drive to protect the heads during transport.
Included items:
- Commodore PET 8050 disk drive - as is
This is item fairly heavy, so shipping costs will be high. I will refund shipping costs >$10 difference between shipping paid vs my cost to ship.

Sold as is, no returns, no buyers remorse.

I try to describe my items as accurately as possible but I may miss something.

Items will be bubble wrapped and boxed.
Buyer pays all shipping costs and any import fees (US buyers).

Message me with any questions.