Hi,
I have some 1050 drives that have the original belt installed, so they're 40 years old and nearly broken. I saw I can order them at Best Electronics in the USA (minimum order $50 and high shipping costs to the Netherlands) but I am curious if these (reproduction) belts are also available in Europe or maybe via Abbuc.
What I understand is that the Atari 1050 has a Tandon TM50-1 Drive with belt part number: 210334.

You could try it here:

-> Console 5 - ATARI 1050, TANDON, IBM PCJR QUMETRAK 142 FLOPPY DRIVE SPINDLE BELT

Price: 12,95 USD or 4,95 USD.

Gtx.,
andY

Hi,

my stock of new belts is below 10. So if someone in Germany orders some of those I'ld like to add 5 for ABBUC floppyservice.

The original belts have a length of appx 31,4 cm.

Best, Erhard

Hi,
Thank you for your answers, I understand that Best Electronics and Console5 are only the suppliers where I can buy new belts for the Tandon drive of our beloved 1050's. I've hoped that there's a supplier in Europe of these belts. I've send an email to Best Electronics but he told me that shipping to Europe is difficult at this moment because of the Covid crisis. I've orderded some belts at Console5 and for now: waiting! Sorry Erhard, I've read your message a while ago.

martin70 hat geschrieben:Hi,
Thank you for your answers, I understand that Best Electronics and Console5 are only the suppliers where I can buy new belts for the Tandon drive of our beloved 1050's. I've hoped that there's a supplier in Europe of these belts. I've send an email to Best Electronics but he told me that shipping to Europe is difficult at this moment because of the Covid crisis. I've orderded some belts at Console5 and for now: waiting! Sorry Erhard, I've read your message a while ago.

Hi Martin,
last week I´ve ordered two belts from Console5...
One of them I need urgently for myself and the second one was for spare...

So I can offer you the second one, if you want.
But first of all I need it to proof that it fits proper.

Gtx.,
andY

Hi andy,
thanks for the offer of the spare belt but I will wait, I hope it takes not more than 2 or 3 weeks. I am curious about your experience if it will fit. I've ordered two of the Fabric enforced belts and some of the rubber belts so I can compare them.

Well, I ordered 10 belts at Console5...

Strange thing was/is that I had to checkout with paypal first (43.45 USD, approx. 40 €) and after this was done, I could choose the shipping method which costs additional money (did choose the cheapest one 8.99 USD) - but this additional money was not requested then...?!?

Let's wait and see what happens...

martin70 hat geschrieben:Hi andy,
thanks for the offer of the spare belt but I will wait, I hope it takes not more than 2 or 3 weeks. I am curious about your experience if it will fit. I've ordered two of the Fabric enforced belts and some of the rubber belts so I can compare them.

Sounds great. Let´s do so .

Gtx.,
andY

CharlieChaplin hat geschrieben:Well, I ordered 10 belts at Console5...

Strange thing was/is that I had to checkout with paypal first (43.45 USD, approx. 40 €) and after this was done, I could choose the shipping method which costs additional money (did choose the cheapest one 8.99 USD) - but this additional money was not requested then...?!?

Let's wait and see what happens...

Well,
the belts arrived and I did immediately send them to Abbuc Flopypdoc. Alas, he told me, these belts are unusable due to several factors...

So, if other Abbuc members read this, do not order them, they are useless for the 1050 drive!

Hi,

es handelt sich hier eher um Gummibänder als um Antriebsriemen.

Die notwendige und im Original vorhandene Gewebeeinlage fehlt.

Damit sind die Teile dehnbar ähnlich wie Gummibänder.

Sie bleiben nicht sauber auf dem gewölbten Antriebsrad des Motors sondern laufen Richtung einer der beiden Kanten und legen sich dann teilweise darüber. Das ist kein stabiler Zustand. Die Kante des Antriebsrads wird das Gummi über Kurz oder Lang (eher Kurz) schlitzen. Ferner hat die Kante einen größeren Umfang womit dann die Drehzahl auch nicht stimmt.

CU, Erhard

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They are mereley rubber bands than drive belts.

The necessary and original fabric insert is missing.

This makes these parts stretchable similar to rubber bands.

They do not stay clean on the curved drive wheel of the motor, but run in the direction of one of the two edges and then partially lie over them. It is not a stable state. The edge of the drive wheel will slit the rubber over short or long (rather short). Furthermore, the edge has a larger radius, which means that the speed is also incorrect.