Chinon and Mitsumi are the shit!
Yeah, the loudest ones I have are Mitsumi 2 in 1 5.25/3.5 from around 1994. You get two addressable steppers in one package. Only have two of them however.
I pretty sure you can find cheap bulks of defective ones (unable to read/write, but with working stepping motors) on eBay.
I found some like this. (pic8.co) Not to enticing, but not that bad if you win out for 1 shekel.
I will have to check that out. Never thought about that. Don't need a working head just the steppers.
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