So yeah, we played a LOT of games on Saturday night. The new 64 ran like a real champ and didn't miss a beat.
The same cannot be said of the 1541 though. The one that came with my latest 64 is a non-runner at the moment, it's an Alps mech and appears to need an align. One of my 1541Cs doesn't run with no power LED and constant access LED (probably 5V rail issues), and the other WAS running like a champ. Now, it's out of alignment too!
So what's the story here? Anyone got any tips or tricks on realigning a 1541? A lot of information suggests using alignment disks, but how do you load the software on an alignment disk when the drive is too far out of alignment to load anything else?!