16 Oct
2018
16 Oct
'18
8:03 a.m.
Get a cleaning cartridge ... it's the easiest way.
In theory the head is slightly recessed behind the polished plate that
establishes the airflow near the media; remember, the media deforms and
rises toward the head, making contact with the polished plate but not
touching the head. So maybe a super long foam Q-tip can get all the way in
there, but that's going to be tedious.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 1:05 PM Eric Smith via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Hi Mike,
The Bernoulli disks definitely do use servo, so as you say, if the servo
patterns are damaged the data is toast.
Do you have any advice on head cleaning? The docs on the second-generation
drive (Alpha-10H) just say to use a cleaning cartridge, and I don't have
one. I've cleaned floppy drive heads with isopropyl and a lint-free swab,
but I'm reluctant to do this to the Alpha-10 without advice from someone
who's done it.
Best regards,
Eric