19 Feb
2018
19 Feb
'18
2:58 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Aaron
Jackson via cctalk
Sent: 19 February 2018 22:28
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Seeking RL02K cartridge
Hi all,
Inspired by CuriousMarc's recent video, I cleaned and fixed my RL02 heads.
Not
with an ultrasonic cleaner unfortunately, but in a
warm IPA bath. It
worked!
Loading a crashed pack is obviously not a good idea,
although I cleaned
the
cartridge well, and figured with bad heads and a bad
pack, I might as well
try
it. The heads no longer crash and appear clean after
loading, but the
cartridge,
of course, cannot be read as the first track has been
destroyed from the
initial
crash. I think the crash was cause by bad heads before
I got the RL02
drive.
I posted some pictures of the process here:
http://aaronsplace.co.uk/blog/2018-02-19-repairing-crashed-RL02-heads.html
Looking at the pictures of the heads before and after I am struggling to see
a difference. What am I looking for?
Regards
Rob
I am wondering if anyone would be willing to sell me
an RL02K cartridge
for a
sensible price?
After the cleaning I am guessing my alignment will be slightly off, but
from
what I have read in the manual, this is will probably
just result in the
read/write
speed being reduced as the heads have to move slightly
when switching
between either side of the platter. Am I right in thinking this or
completely
wrong?
Thanks,
Aaron.
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Aaron Jackson
PhD Student, Computer Vision Laboratory, Uni of Nottingham
http://aaronsplace.co.uk