This thing can backup and emulate MFM/ST-506 hard drives for your retro computers

The ST-506/MFM hard drive standard was pretty popular in the early 80s as a way to add extra storage to early computers. Many of these drives have long stopped working and finding something to work for the old computer isn't always easy. This awesome project lets you use modern equipment to replace the aging spinning rust with solid state storage.

0:00 Intro
0:56 Unboxing
7:01 MFM Hard Drive Archiver and Emulator
45:20 Conclusion and outro

A few systems it works for:

AT&T 7300, AT&T 3B1, AT&T 3B2
TRS-80 Model 16
Kaypro 10
VAXStation
PDP-11/23

--- Video Links

MFM Hard Disk Reader/Emulator (and order page)
https://www.pdp8online.com/mfm/

David's PDP8 website:
https://www.pdp8online.com/

5170 Series
Part 1: IBM PC/AT Model 5170: Saved from the ...
Part 2: IBM PC/AT Model 5170: So many issues!...
Part 3: IBM PC/AT Model 5170: It's done! So m...

5170 Overclocking
Overclocking the 5170 motherboard:
Mystery Box: Testing, fixing and over...
Followup: IBM 5170 "extreme" overcloc...

Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
@adriansdigitalbasement2

Support the channel on Patreon:
Patreon: adriansdigitalbasement

-- Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

--- Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

--- Instructional videos

My video on damage-free chip removal:
How to remove chips without damaging ...

--- Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino