Fm towns marty laser

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  1. nitrosport

    nitrosport <B>Site Supporter 2014</B>

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    Has anyone been able to find replacements for fm towns lasers? I've been searching for a while but have come up empty handed. I wouldn't mind pulling a used one from something else if anybody knows of anything that uses the same laser.
     
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    TriMesh Site Supporter 2013-2017

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    Probably the best thing is to take some hi-res photos and post them. It's almost certainly going to be similar to something.
     
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    nitrosport <B>Site Supporter 2014</B>

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    Sure, I'll take it apart tomorrow morning and take a pic of the laser.
     
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    nitrosport <B>Site Supporter 2014</B>

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    Well, after saying that I don't recognise that at all - it's a bit like some of the very old NEC CD-ROM drives, But I dont think I've ever seen one exactly like that...
     
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    nitrosport <B>Site Supporter 2014</B>

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    It seems to be a unique laser because I have been unable to find anything even remotely similar.
     
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    Who in the world has a FM towns marty. haha
     
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    last bet is to replace the diode..
     
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    I have looked into that before and it seems a lost cause:(

    Maybe someone will be able to make a Optical drive emulator one day, I dare hope so.
     
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