16 Aug
1998
16 Aug
'98
10:55 a.m.
On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
That red marker means that the pack has been dropped
or otherwise
subjected to shock. It's possible that the platter is distorted enough to
cause a headcrash. And it's quite possible (in fact _very_ likely) that
the pack will be fine.
Yup, agreed. Those drives and packs were pretty rugged. The service
manual for my now-gone RK05s detailed disassembling the cartridge housing,
removing the platter, and manually cleaning it with isopropyl wipes! It
didn't work so well on the 20GB IDE drive I tried it on, though. Go
figure?! ;)
-wayne