On Tuesday (06/14/2011 at 10:42AM -0400), Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:23 AM, allison <ajp166 at
verizon.net> wrote:
The mechanics may or may not have survived. ?Door
latches, motors and power
supply board should be salvaged and cleaned.
Absolutely - I have at least one or two Calcomp drive mechs from
RX01/RX02 with a seized motor or a busted latch. All repairable with
the right spares.
OK. You guys convinced me.
The top circuit board in the RX02 (the board on the hinge) has had the
traces etched away by Mouse Effluent #1. I think that's a gonner.
ME #1 also attacked the large electroyltic filter caps in the power supply
to the point that the caps leaked their contents onto the metal below.
They're a loss too. The transformer was also soaked in #1 so I don't have
high hope for it either. The entire chassis is pitted and rusted as is
the front bezel.
The drives are jam packed with packing peanuts and shredded Instapak-like
expanding foam but if I can get the rusted screws out and remove
the bottom panels, I can suck all of that out and inspect the drives
themselves. I think the drives served as Duplex housing for two mouse
families and so I'm pretty sure it's going to be ugly inside the drives.
But-- since I have a second set of RX02 electronics and you guys believe
I can swap those with the RX01 electronics while keeping the same drives,
we could be in business.
The drives in the RX01 have cast aluminum frames which I understand to
be the Calcomp drives. The RX02 drives are not a cast aluminum chassis
and have the removeable base plate (well, assuming the screws aren't
unscrewable) and so are not Calcomp but something newer... and obviously
more attactive to mice.
Thanks for the info!
Chris
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Chris Elmquist