30 Apr
2023
30 Apr
'23
7:27 p.m.
On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 8:47 PM W2HX via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Can anyone tell me what I picked up at a NH hamfest
this weekend for $20? I see it says RL01/RL02. I have two RL02 drives and some platters.
None of which I have gotten around to trying. Other than a copious amount of pine needles,
what can this be used for? Or maybe the right question is, should I not use it for fear of
destroying an RL platter?
https://w2hx.com/?prefix=x/VintageComp/Platter-Device/
Wow! Pretty neat - looks like a pack inspector for RK05, RL01/02, and
RK06/07 based on the (blurry) instructions. Runout, at least, and
certainly a few other measurements - would probably identify a pack
that had been dropped hard enough to bend something (before you stuff
it in a drive and ruin both).
It doesn't look like a cleaner - I've seen an RK05 cleaner and it's a
bit different - more about running a Texpad over the surface while
slowly rotating than measuring anything.
Cool find!
-ethan