11 Apr
2012
11 Apr
'12
3:02 p.m.
When, like me, you don't know a lot about electronics beyond some
theoretical study as a student many years ago, it is especially satisfying
to make a repair like this.
I have a degree in electronic engineering. However it didn't help very much
repairing old computer equipment. I had to figure out how to do that for
myself from resources such as this list.
With regard to your doorstops, if they are RD5x disks then I would be more
than happy to take them off your hands :-) Alternatively, I can share what
little I know about getting them working again (mainly RD53).
None of them started out as RDxx disks. Many were from a skip (dumpster) outside
a closed PC repair shop. Others were pulls from old PCs that were being dumped
at work. Some never worked but others worked well enough for me to format them
using a VAX 2000 and gave reasonable service for a while before giving up with
various problems.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.