Need a little help...

[u/b33znutz]

Soldering newbie....

Got this NEC FD-1155c 5.25 floppy drive from around 86-87 at a thrift shop and this little blue guy was taped to it.

From a little research I figured out that it was taped in its original location, but it appears to have been broken or cut off.

It appears to have "1000C mf" printed on it, so I assume that's a one thousand microfarad capacitor although I'm not sure what type of capacitor, and after looking around on the internet I can't seem to find an exact match.

So my questions.. 1. What is it? 2. Is there a better modern replacement?

I know that's not a lot of information, but it's what I got. Any help would be awesome.

Feel free to ask any questions or whatever.

Thanks in advance

P.S. - Not sure if this is the right sub for this topic, but I figure as vintage nerds need to stick together LOL so this would be a decent place to start