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Title: Does anyone have a working CZ-600CE in Melbourne Victoria Australia, im stumped
Post by: pocoaust on September 09, 2025, 03:40:53 PM
G'day,

Help, I am stuck on this CZ-600CE.

When it arrived, I replaced the video clock and battery and it booted to insert floppy.  Power function was flacky and would not load floppys, so built picopower with atx supply and still no change.

I have recapped one of the drives (old caps tested okay)
I have made master discs with Grease Wezel, FLuxfloppy and Xfloppy and still cannot get past the insert floppy screen.  Discs just load then quickly eject.  Both drives same behavior.
I have build the special Gotek cable, with pins going to old drives for control logic, setup USB and reports working, but still No go.
I have built ARDSCSino and it repoorts its working in Logfile, but nothing happens, I think it needs to be configured with a boot master disc first.

Is there anyone in Melbourne or Victoria Australia who can check my discs or floppy drives.

I am that desperate i have desoldered the floppy controller and ordered another, but at my wits end.

Any help appreciated.

Paul in Yea Victoria Australia.
Title: Re: Does anyone have a working CZ-600CE in Melbourne Victoria Australia, im stumped
Post by: alessiman on October 18, 2025, 07:24:07 PM
Late to the party but i have the OG X68000 here and would be happy to check out some discs for you if you haven't already worked out the issue

I see your in Yea, I'm in the CBD