8 Jun
1998
8 Jun
'98
12:21 p.m.
I've begun to feel that anyone who got into
Field Circus work after
What, even if I decided to become a field servoid... :-)
'83 or so shouldn't be allowed any tools
trickier than a screwdriver.
You'd let them have screwdrivers?
Seriously, the fact that field servoids can't solder and don't use
soldering irons once wasted a morning for me. I'd got an RK05, just off
DEC maintenance, which would spin down after about 45 minutes of heavy
use, and then spin up and reload the heads as if nothing had happened.
It turned out that for some reason the drive thought the interlock loop
through the 2 microswitches (door closed, pack in place) was opening.
After dismantling the drive front panel, etc I discovered that a cut wire
between the 2 microswitches had been twisted together and covered in
insulating tape. And that's what was failing. Soldering the wires
together cured everything.
-tony