Test and try: Does this 40 year old Tandon TM-252 drive still work?

It’s time to see if an old 40 year old hard drive still works. This one sports corrosion on the outside case and and an unknown 8-bit ISA controller. Let’s see if this old beat still spins and if it actuall yworks! Tandon TM-252, 10mb ST-506/MFM hard drive -- Video Links Adrian’s Digital Basement Merch store: Support the channel on Patreon: Adrian’s Digital Basement (Main Channel) My GitHub repository: -- Tools Deoxit D5: O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards) Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe: Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron: Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope: Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier: TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro) TS100 Soldering Iron: EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: Magnetic Screw Holder: Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI) Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five) Heat Sinks: Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal: --- Music Intro music and other tracks by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino
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