24 Jul
2011
24 Jul
'11
1:43 p.m.
On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:48:02 +0100 (BST)
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
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.
Probably heads? Or can the heads be cleaned and reused?
Plan B: Get a RL11 and connect my knowen to work RL02.
Plan C: Build some modernish hardware to emulate the RK05 drive.
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.
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Probably.
I'll see.
OK, remvoe the top cover of the RK05.