Mike's PCjr Page

Thanks for the heads up on head cleaning. As I work through my disks, I will definitely keep that in mind.

Passed Disk Diagnostics - It's alive! I removed the Disk Drive circuit board to get better access to the mechanism. I cleaned and lube the head rails. I checked out the upper spindle per KenG's suggestion, although it seemed to be fine, I applied a drop of lubricant. The lower spindle was still slu...

Saw your post in the introductions thread. Thanks for following up twice! I wondered if it was spindle speed. I found your post from Feb 2019 where you wrote about using sewing machine oil to loosen up the spindle when I was initially trying to debug the drive. I am willing to concede I may not have...

Hi All, I'm trying to wake up the floppy drive in my thrift store find PCjr. Things are not quite working out. I am hoping the collective wisdom here can help. When booting with the cover removed, I observed that the head assembly would move, but the spindle would not spin. I could hear the belt sli...

I Found the Box! I had time to dig through storage, and I found the missing box of software and accessories as well as a bonus box of magazines. Inside the box I found I still have an extra keyboard, 2 joysticks, 2 power bricks, a parallel port sidecar, and all the standard manuals, and some office...

Hi All, Just joined the board because I just got a used PCjr, and I wanted to say "Hi!" and share my PCjr story. The PCjr was my second computer. My first was a TI-99/4a that was already discontinued when we got it free with new carpet. Had that for a while then we got the PCjr, and I thin...