8 Aug
2012
8 Aug
'12
11:02 a.m.
The real challenge with my 1400 I think will be the
hard drive. I pretty
much put my 1400 project aside when I discovered that the V170 hard
drive's head lock solenoid was stuck because I just don't have the means to
service the drive (oddly enough, the drive shows signs of previous service
work).
Isd this a Vertex V170, a 5.25" wincheser? I know the V150 from my PERQs,
evil little things that have various problems.
If it is similar to the drive I am thinking of, the lock solenoid is
inside the HDA :-(. I asusme you've checked it's getting a voltage across
it, and that it's not open-circuit (although what you could do if it was
is not obvious).
I think you're going to need to make one of those 'clean boxes' that get
menitoend here from time to time.
-tony