Hello, all. For those of us who enjoy keeping "ancient" devices
maintained, could anyone recommend some vendors of replacement
motor-to-spindle belts for floppy drives? After 25+ years a lot of
these belts have disintegrated into an ooey-gooey mess (that'll stick on
everything). Thanks for your time and comment. Sincerely,
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J. B. Wood e-mail:

On 24/03/2014 13:24, J.B. Wood wrote:
Hello, all. For those of us who enjoy keeping "ancient" devices
maintained, could anyone recommend some vendors of replacement
motor-to-spindle belts for floppy drives? After 25+ years a lot of
these belts have disintegrated into an ooey-gooey mess (that'll stick on
everything). Thanks for your time and comment. Sincerely,

Toothed or plain, such a long time, I forget what type they were?
Like audio cassette decks , no point in getting genuine contemporaneous
belts as all are now near enough perished

You can buy complete drives fairly cheaply.

On Monday, March 24, 2014 6:24:29 AM UTC-7, J.B. Wood wrote:
Hello, all. For those of us who enjoy keeping "ancient" devices

maintained, could anyone recommend some vendors of replacement

motor-to-spindle belts for floppy drives? After 25+ years a lot of

these belts have disintegrated into an ooey-gooey mess (that'll stick on

everything). Thanks for your time and comment. Sincerely,

--

J. B. Wood e-mail:

Russell Industries' PRB division (what used to be called Projector-Recorder Belt Corp):

http://www.russellind.com/prbline/index.html

They still make them brand new.

Ken Layton wrote:
On Monday, March 24, 2014 6:24:29 AM UTC-7, J.B. Wood wrote:
Hello, all. For those of us who enjoy keeping "ancient" devices

maintained, could anyone recommend some vendors of replacement

motor-to-spindle belts for floppy drives? After 25+ years a lot of

these belts have disintegrated into an ooey-gooey mess (that'll stick on

everything). Thanks for your time and comment. Sincerely,

--

J. B. Wood e-mail:

Russell Industries' PRB division (what used to be called Projector-Recorder Belt Corp):

http://www.russellind.com/prbline/index.html

haven't heard that name in a long time.

On 03/24/2014 09:24 AM, J.B. Wood wrote:
Hello, all. For those of us who enjoy keeping "ancient" devices
maintained, could anyone recommend some vendors of replacement
motor-to-spindle belts for floppy drives? After 25+ years a lot of
these belts have disintegrated into an ooey-gooey mess (that'll stick on
everything). Thanks for your time and comment. Sincerely,

Hello, all. First, let me thank those who responded to my OP. My
further investigation revealed that most internal 3.5" FDDs had
direct-driven spindles. Only a few seem to use belts. Two belt-driven
candidates I've identified are the Newtronics/Mitsumi D357B and the NEC
FD121M. Any additional comment is greatly appreciated. Sincerely,

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J. B. Wood e-mail:

You can bleeping buy a new one for $16!

http://www.amazon.com/Mitsumi-Newtro...l+floppy+drive

When I bought a new computer two years ago, I discovered that current MOBOs
don't support the floppy interface. So I bought a surplus Compaq floppy drive
with a USB interface. I use it (when needed) on both my desk computer and
notebook.

On Fri, 28 Mar 2014, J.B. Wood wrote:

On 03/24/2014 09:24 AM, J.B. Wood wrote:
Hello, all. For those of us who enjoy keeping "ancient" devices
maintained, could anyone recommend some vendors of replacement
motor-to-spindle belts for floppy drives? After 25+ years a lot of
these belts have disintegrated into an ooey-gooey mess (that'll stick on
everything). Thanks for your time and comment. Sincerely,

Hello, all. First, let me thank those who responded to my OP. My further
investigation revealed that most internal 3.5" FDDs had direct-driven
spindles. Only a few seem to use belts. Two belt-driven candidates I've
identified are the Newtronics/Mitsumi D357B and the NEC FD121M. Any
additional comment is greatly appreciated. Sincerely,

I wondered about that too, I don't remember belts in 3.5" drives.

Except, since people responded acting like the had seen them, I assumed I
was wrong.

Michael