4 Mar
2003
4 Mar
'03
2:42 a.m.
After digging a bit more in the manual, indeed I find the confirming quote:
"NOTE: A disk cartridge must be installed to spin up and operate the disk
drive. The fixed disk does not spin up and run without a removable
cartridge in place. The spin-up cycle takes approximately 1 minute. It
involves spinning the disk platters up to operating speed, cleaning the
internal air system, loading the read/write heads, and performing a
self-test."
Looks like I need to find an additional (possibly sacrificial) cartridge.
Any help?
Thanks,
John
At 10:43 AM -0800 3/3/03, Ethan Dicks wrote:
--- "John A. Dundas III"
<dundas(a)caltech.edu> wrote:
At 10:29 AM -0800 2/19/03, Ethan Dicks wrote:
That was my experience in 1987. I used that fact to get the vendor to
ship me a (free) cartridge so I could spin up the drive and get the 11/725
working.
-ethan You will not be able to spin it up without the
removable cartridge.
Is this strictly true?