8 Oct
2010
8 Oct
'10
11:12 p.m.
Bob,
Int the thread below, I said I already opened her up, manually gave the platters a spin.
The drive is working fine and fun to watch the head seeks.
Of course, not to trust it but for experiments.
I found CPM86 but not much else on the web, do you guys know where a live site of old
applications still exist?
It looks like most of my favorite archives have been taken down. I should have grabbed
the stuff while I saw it, but that was before I had a machine...
Randy
From: caveguy at sbcglobal.net
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 17:30:27 -0400
Subject: Re: Compaq luggable, what next?
On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 14:16:28 -0700 (PDT), Fred Cisin wrote:
Most of the Hardcards did not have an accessible
spindle. But, the
"stiction" of those could often be broken loose by shaking it in a
circular arc.
Hold the card in your hand so that a twisting motion of your wrist is in line with center
of the platter.
So that a sharp twist of your wrist and sudden stop will causes the platter to try
continue spinning and break free.
Sometimes it is head stiction and some times it is thickening bearing grease.
Warming the drive to about 90f has helped the grease problem, but do not cook it!
back under my rock :)
Bob