On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
Actually,
Persci floppy drives in 1976 or so were voice-coil (and quite
a pain to maintain, even then - these days the glue that holds the
optical graticules in place is often failing, and gluing and realigning
from scratch is even harder, even with all the special Persci
realignment jigs and electronic panels.) And a common modification
Does anyone have the service manuals for these drives? I have one on my
old CASU S100 system, and although it's not failed yet, I'm sure I'll
have to fix it sometime.
I'm fairly sure somewhere amidst my piles of computer stuff I have the
service manuals. One day I'll find them, and on that day I'll let you
know ;)
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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