5 May
2004
5 May
'04
7:46 a.m.
I've just carried it around with me whenever I've moved (about 10 times)
and it usually has just sat quietly on a shelf. A friend of mine had it for
a year or
so, but I had to rescue it when he was talking about turning it into a wall
clock.
It has many programs that my friends and I wrote during our college days.
Ashley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Uban" <uban(a)ubanproductions.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: DEC RL01/02, RK05/06/07 Cartridge Inspector/Cleaner
At 03:33 PM 5/5/2004 -0400, you wrote:
Posts"
Another question....
I have an RK05 pack that has not been mounted since 1978. What are the
chances that it can still be read?
I would think that if it has been stored in a reasonable fashion, the
chances are quite good. It should of course be cleaned first...
--tom
>Ashley
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Uban" <uban(a)ubanproductions.com>
>To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
><cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>p.org>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
><cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 3:31 PM
>Subject: Re: DEC RL01/02, RK05/06/07 Cartridge Inspector/Cleaner
>
>
> > At 03:22 PM 5/5/2004 -0400, Ashley Carder wrote:
> >
> > >Does anyone here currently have a functioning RK05 drive?
> > >Has anyone here ever brought one back from the dead?
> >
> > Yes, I have one which I brought back from the dead by replacing
> > the foam, NiCd batteries, debugging the boards, etc.
> >
> > --tom
> >
> >
> >
> > >Ashley
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Tom Uban" <uban(a)ubanproductions.com>
> > >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
> > ><cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>p.org>; "General Discussion: On-Topic and
Off-Topic
>Posts"
> > ><cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> > >Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 3:16 PM
> > >Subject: Re: DEC RL01/02, RK05/06/07 Cartridge Inspector/Cleaner
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 03:06 PM 5/5/2004 -0400, Ashley Carder wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >Does anyone know anything about this "Inspector /
Cleaner"?
> > > >
> > > > The inspector cleaner allows you to hold the raw platter and to
> > > > examine and clean it safely.
> > > >
> > > > >I've also seen mention of an "alignment pack" for
RK05 drives.
> > > > >Does anyone here have experience maintaining / aligning RK05
drives
>and
> > > > >keeping them running?
> > > >
> > > > In order to properly align an RK05 you need an alignment pack
> > > > which has special "data" written at special locations.
That
> > > > together with a two channel o-scope, the manual and a few basic
> > > > tools will allow you to adjust the in/out position of each head.
> > > >
> > > > The biggest problems with maintaining RK05s is that the foam
> > > > which is used at various locations in the drive, including in
> > > > the air path, disintegrates and turns to dust and/or goo. If
> > > > you carefully clean out all of the old foam/dust/goo, you can
> > > > fairly easily replace it with new foam purchased from a fabric
> > > > store (or similar). A more difficult problem is that the molded
> > > > plastic/rubber tube which ducts the air into the disk area also
> > > > disintegrates over time. I haven't had to come up with a
solution
> > > > for this problem yet...
> > > >
> > > > --tom
> > > >
> > > > >Ashley
> > > > >
> > > > >----- Original Message -----
> > > > >From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
> > > > >To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
> > > > >Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:34 AM
> > > > >Subject: DEC RL01/02, RK05/06/07 Cartridge Inspector/Cleaner
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Any of you that are interested in the old DEC disk drive
systems
> > >should
> > > > > > take a look at this
> > > > > >
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4129402394>
> > >
> >
> > > > > Joe
> > >
>