What a shame. I would really have liked to get this drive to work again. I did discover something while measuring the rotation speed using an oscilloscope, monitoring the pulses from the sensor on the encoder wheel. Curious what you guys make of that:
Letting the floppy drive rotate without a floppy disk inserted gives a nice, even pattern of pulses:
The delta between 6 pulses is 23.10ms
With a floppy inserted:
From the looks of it, this speed is unstable. Delta between 6 pulses is 22ms, but they are more erratic, as can be seen.
(I know there is a specific pattern on the wheel in one spot (probably used by the logic to sense a complete rotation. This measurement excludes that event).
Wondering if this is normal behavior of a drive. I used a new drivebelt (recently purchased from Bas Kornalijnslijper).
If anyone wants a replacement just contact VAJ Lehenak. If you send them your TurboR they will replace the original one with a brand new beltless floppy disk drive which are far more realiable. They are painted in black colour and look pretty cool:
Has someone been able to use a Floppy drive hardware emulator (like the gotec) with any Panasonic model (a1fx-a1wxs-a1gt) ?
This post got bumped so I don't feel bad replying 
Won't work 
