Bondwell 14 and 16

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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:07 pm

the oily spots are crc to help get the screws out which i did and they have been cleaned from dish washer.. so letting dry and will look at tracks in a few days..
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:08 pm

hmmm maybe .. more to come later...
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:50 pm

ok so a small update.. i managed to get a copy of the bondwell-16 install disks from the USA.. was $29.00 nz and ebay wanted $80 nz for postage.. but have done it through NZPost YouShop..

on another area, the bondwell-14 case is not in very good condition and im thinkig of painting it as close as i could get the original colour..

the bondwell-16 case is very yellow so still wondering ... may paint it as well...

i now need to get some replacement screws etc to replace the rusted ones..
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:51 pm

the case sides
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:52 pm

case top bw-14
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:53 pm

and the yellow bondwell-16 case
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Thu Mar 07, 2019 7:14 pm

so some good news on the bondwell-14 keyboard .. the tracks look ok.. after a good clean and wipe down with IPA..
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Thu Mar 07, 2019 7:15 pm

2nd half of keyboard
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Thu Mar 07, 2019 7:17 pm

and the top looks ok for now..
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Thu Mar 07, 2019 7:18 pm

the other end of keyboard
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby tezza on Fri Mar 08, 2019 4:07 pm

Looks like you are getting there :)
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Mon Mar 11, 2019 6:16 pm

yes im going to do a strip dowm and re-build on both the 14 and 16.. the guy selling the BW-14 on trademe is a tool.. wants 700 for it but wont make a set of disks for a fellow retro restorer..
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby ZL2AOX on Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:19 pm

I have a Bondwell 16 in storage, awaiting restoration, so I'm following this thread with interest.

Mine came with a couple of boxes of diskettes but I don't know whether anything can be recovered from them. They look in a pretty bad state. And I don't actually have a working 5.25" drive at present.
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby tezza on Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:54 am

ZL2AOX wrote:I have a Bondwell 16 in storage, awaiting restoration, so I'm following this thread with interest.

Mine came with a couple of boxes of diskettes but I don't know whether anything can be recovered from them. They look in a pretty bad state. And I don't actually have a working 5.25" drive at present.


Disks in poor visual condition can be washed to remove fungi and loose media. Amazingly this often results in 100% recovery, and the disk can be used successfully, if put in a new, non-mouldy jacket.

Are Bondwell 16 disks (they are CP/M 3.0 disks, yes?) archived on the Internet anywhere? If not, and you are prepared to wash them, I'm happy to make IMD images of them for posterity.

PM me if interested.
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Re: Bondwell 14 and 16

Postby LS120 on Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:45 pm

if you cant i have a set comming via youpost for the 16 so can make a copy of those.. i got the fdd working after replacing the caps and cleaning the board of corosion from dud caps..

now i got to find me some new screws and bolts as most of the 14 ones are rusted..
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