Tek TDS360 floppy drive and LCD replacement.

[philwong5176]

Hello:

I have 2 issues with my Tek TDS360: the floppy drive is dying, and the CRT is getting very dim. I would like to replace the floppy drive with a SSD or an SD card cage, and find a suitable LCD to replace the CRT.

Would veterans of these upgrades share their experience here? I am aware the final upgrade cost would exceed the current value of this scope.

Thanks.

[pcwrangler]

What is the floppy drive doing? Have you tried cleaning it?

[james_s]

Are you sure it's the CRT itself and not a fault with the monitor electronics? Does it get blurry if you turn up the brightness pot inside? It's a standard VGA resolution monitor so it shouldn't be hard to connect a modern LCD if you can find one that fits physically.

[philwong5176]

The floppy drive keeps spinning once a disk is inserted, and does not red or write from/to the disk.

[pnv57]

Are you sure that it is formatted correctly? Is the spinning intermittent or constant? I had a similar issue on my tekmate when I tried 1.44M formatted 3.5" floppies in it, when it needs 720K format.