15 Jan
2005
15 Jan
'05
2:13 a.m.
From: John Allain [mailto:allain@panix.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 9:59 AM
You're
correct about disassembly. It was much easier than I thought. The
biggest problem was getting to the drive mounting bolts on the side by the
expansion cards. After removing all the cards, there was just enough room
for a socket and ratchet to fit in there.
Any suggestions or comments in general about this
machine?
I gave myself 30 minutes to get one of those going once.
I got access to just about all subsystems/components in that time.
The coolest thing that really made me like the machine was that the
video monitor was IIRC 5V,NTSC in, picture out. Very easy to use. - - -
You might want to try Rewriting fresh floppies on a true 360K drive,
heat,time, and 1.2M drives all can degrade the data to some degree.
I do use a 360K drive in my 486 just for creating these discs. I guess I
wasn't clear on this.
Now, by disassembling and cleaning the B: drive, I was able to get the
machine booting off this drive (cabled as A:). However, the same cleaning
procedure on the A: drive did not allow it to boot. I still have to clean
the heads. Maybe that'll make a difference. If not, I think I may have other
Qume drives without the IBM monniker on them that I can swap the bezels
with. I just have to dig through the cabinent and see what'll fit.
John A.
Thanks,
Kelly