I just killed 720kB floppy drive from Tandy 1000TL/2 (Sony MP-F11W-72) while recording #septandy episode for my channel. Drive suddenly stopped working after reboot (no longer read the floppies) and I did the most stupid thing connecting it to a second ribbon cable connector - which Tandy for odd reason reversed - of course it killed the drive (it spins while I try to access it, but no longer seeks, the small ribbon between it's PCBs is burnt). Of course some time ago I watched Adrian's Digital Basement about the issues with the floppies in the 1000HX and I didn't remembered anything. 😒

I'm so angry at me... but also at Tandy RadioShack (who on earth thought It will be a good idea to power the floppy through the ribbon cable and to put two differently keyed connector on the same ribbon - one fitting the drive the correct way and another - the other way around).

For now I connected the Gotek and it works, but I want this machine to be as original as it can be so I'm looking for a replacement now...

Do any of you guys know if Schneider Euro XT floppy would work? It seems fairly similar...