Building a NEW Commodore 1581 disk drive!

Ep 49 : Everything you need to build your own Commodore 1581 3.5” drive from new parts using a reproduction logic board.

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00:00 Introduction
00:24 The Commodore 1581
01:42 What You’ll Need
08:52 A Soldering Montage (aka Upping My Game)
14:03 Assembly and Testing
24:00 Cost Analysis
27:03 Conclusion