I've had a Dragon disk-drive in a box for a couple of years now which I bought from eBay.
I unpacked it the other day to test it, only to find the drive-locking catch had been snapped off.
Gorilla Glue fixed it and (surprisingly) it seems quite firm. The drive now works but I need to remember to be careful when inserting or ejecting a disk.
If anyone has a dead Dragon 5.25" disk-drive they could pull a drive-locking latch from, I'd be grateful if we could work out a price to replace mine with something less likely to fall apart if I forget.
I took the case apart to see if I could replace the entire drive with one from a BBC Micro (I have spares of those) but the Dragon case has a non-standard mounting design. The drives are (obviously) the same size as others but where the mounting holes are, the Dragon drives are recessed and slide vertically down a rail into their mounting position. No other drives I own have the same recessed mounting holes.
Edit: Oh, while I remember. Is DragonDOS 1.0 the latest? If not, what would be the benefits of upgrading the DOS ROM to a later version?
John,
does a "Not Ready" error mean that the Dragon thinks that there is no disc in the drive? If so then it may be that a slight knock has partially dislodged a cable so the drive ready signal isn't getting through, or perhaps the means by which the drive detects the presence of a disc (I'm guessing this is a spring loaded arm) needs attention.
I popped it open this evening and the belt that spins the disc had dropped off ! Took ten minutes to fix and reassemble
I also cleaned the belt and pullies while I was there.