29 Nov
1999
29 Nov
'99
11:32 a.m.
John B. wrote:
P.S. The sooner the better.. this thing is eating
original IBM software
diskettes from the early '70s
Dick wrote:
Having aligned about 25 8" drives over the last 6
months, I can tell you
that if your drive is "eating" your diskettes, the problem isn't with
alignment.
It depends on the rate of "eating", but for 25-year old floppies it's
not unusual to have a fair bit of flaking of the emulsion on the head
(lower) side. If there's any damage on the *top* side, that's definitely
the head load pad.
Tim.