Probably.
I'll see.
OK, remvoe the top cover of the RK05.
I did this a few minutes
ago. As expected, the previous owner
transported the drive without lock and the medium inserted. Even worse:
He powered it up in this state. There is a big headcrash. I.e. Track 0
has no longer any oxide... :-( At least I'll need a new medium.
THe consolation is that this damage wasn't done by _you_ forgetting the
shipping lock.
Probably heads? Or can the heads be cleaned and
reused?
RK05 heads will stand lot of abuse. If it were my drive, I'd remove them
cna clean them up. If they clean up properly and look undamaged, I'd
refit them and put in a scratch pack. If they fly without crashing, I'd
align them.
Problem is, you need the alignment pack if you remove the heads.I don;t
think you can clean them proeprl without removing them from the
positioner either.
Or even better: Get some UniBus to SMD or ESDI
controller. I have some
nice SMD and ESDI disks around. Winchester disks are so much more
reliable.
And RK05s are so much mroe repairable... This is a common issue.
actually/. I'd much ratehr have something that needs minor repairs every
6 months than somethign that'll run for 5 years but nees major work (or
complete replacement) when it does fail.
So I'll stick to my RKs and RLs...
-tony