Commodore 1581 Replica Build

Thanks to PCBWay for supplying the boards for this build: https://pcbway.com With original 1581 drives becoming increasingly rare and correspondingly expensive, building a replica may be the only way to get your hands on Commodore's 8-bit wonder drive at a reasonable price. And it turns out that while some components are not particularly cheap, it isn't a difficult build to complete. But getting it to work reliably might be a lot harder than you think... Check out Lee's Gotek 1581:    • captain commodore ep16 gotek 1581   Retrobits 1581 build:    • Building a NEW Commodore 1581 disk drive!   1581 Enhanced PCB: https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharep... PC Drive Adapter: https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharep... If you'd like to help support this channel, please check out my Patreon. You can also make a one-off donation or use the channel Super Thanks. Patreon:   / timsretrocorner   Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Follow me on Mastodon: https://retrorewind.social/@trc 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:27 - Parts Overview 00:01:15 - Checking the PCBs 00:02:24 - Soldering the Small Parts 00:06:46 - Soldering the Sockets 00:08:44 - Crystal Oscillator Confusion 00:14:19 - Putting In The ICs 00:19:41 - The Final IC 00:23:44 - First Power-On Test 00:28:31 - Power up with drive attached 00:31:10 - Plug it in to the Plus/4 00:44:18 - And then it all went wrong 01:00:12 - Recapping the drive 01:04:55 - Trying the Recapped Drive 01:06:53 - Boxes and Screws 01:14:27 - Conclusions