MattRocks wrote on Today, 04:33:

PD2JK wrote on Yesterday, 12:54:

Well, I drenched it with foam cleaner, but still smelly. Tomorrow the 99.9% isopropyl alcohol comes in to play.

IIRC, what worked for me was putting the case in the bath tub with washing up liquid.

If its nicotine based gunk itll need something designed to counter the nicotine, when I cleaned the house we had to use specialised cleaning agents to remove the smell after the initial clean.

Got nice ibm ps2 model 50, all card slots populated. I saw in the sellers pictures that it had memory expansion card, but there was also cpu upgrade.
Now next step I think is to clean machine and open disk drive. What would be the best disk drive replacement option?
I couldn't get model 30 disk drive working, but on that model it was easy to replace with gotek.

Not sure this belongs here but I did something I never thought I would ...bought myself a kitted out Playstation2 with a bunch of nice games.

Might seem odd but I never had a PS2 back in the day and with the shift to digital only games I thought it was time to pick up an older retro console and grab some physical games for it. (PS2 has a huge library of games I have never seen let alone played before, its quite daunting really picking where to start 😁) Been thinking of grabbing a modded Xbox too since I want to have alternatives to just PC hardware, don't get me wrong I love retro PC stuff but one cannot deny they beauty and simplicity of a retro console for pure gaming.

Anyway that's enough about retro consoles .. back to PC stuff I guess.

Kekkula wrote on Today, 04:41:

Got nice ibm ps2 model 50, all card slots populated. I saw in the sellers pictures that it had memory expansion card, but there was also cpu upgrade.
Now next step I think is to clean machine and open disk drive. What would be the best disk drive replacement option?
I couldn't get model 30 disk drive working, but on that model it was easy to replace with gotek.

I dont know the particulars about the model 50 but would a GoTek not work here ? or does it have a proprietary IBM interface ?

Trashbytes wrote on 38 minutes ago:

Kekkula wrote on Today, 04:41:

Got nice ibm ps2 model 50, all card slots populated. I saw in the sellers pictures that it had memory expansion card, but there was also cpu upgrade.
Now next step I think is to clean machine and open disk drive. What would be the best disk drive replacement option?
I couldn't get model 30 disk drive working, but on that model it was easy to replace with gotek.

I dont know the particulars about the model 50 but would a GoTek not work here ? or does it have a proprietary IBM interface ?

Yes it is very ibm.
There is project in pcbway... but it doesn't mention model 50, knowing ibm that's problem.

https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/I … s_34c4067f.html

Kekkula wrote on 18 minutes ago:

Trashbytes wrote on 38 minutes ago:

Kekkula wrote on Today, 04:41:

Got nice ibm ps2 model 50, all card slots populated. I saw in the sellers pictures that it had memory expansion card, but there was also cpu upgrade.
Now next step I think is to clean machine and open disk drive. What would be the best disk drive replacement option?
I couldn't get model 30 disk drive working, but on that model it was easy to replace with gotek.

I dont know the particulars about the model 50 but would a GoTek not work here ? or does it have a proprietary IBM interface ?

Yes it is very ibm.
There is project in pcbway... but it doesn't mention model 50, knowing ibm that's problem.

Ahhh yes, their all in one power and data delivery solution.

I vaguely remember someone talking about an adapter for that, might be worth digging around the internet to see if anything came of it.

https://github.com/schlae/PS2FloppyAdapter Github is still up, had the schematics, fab files and 3d printer files to print the adapter parts.

Thanks for the links.
There is model 50 mentioned.
I'm currently on sick leave broke my finger, so I can't recap original drive.
I think for now I just clean and test drive, recap it when I'm able again.

Kekkula wrote on 5 minutes ago:

Thanks for the links. There is model 50 mentioned. I'm currently on sick leave broke my finger, so I can't recap original drive […]
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Thanks for the links.
There is model 50 mentioned.
I'm currently on sick leave broke my finger, so I can't recap original drive.
I think for now I just clean and test drive, recap it when I'm able again.

Its a good start for if the drive doesn't come back, you have another option to get her working again.