26 Jun
2014
26 Jun
'14
6:21 p.m.
On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:
I've been curious about whether it would be
possible to rewrite servo
bursts on an RL02 pack with a modified RL02 drive using ordinary RL02 heads.
I think so, but I don't know for certain. Even if the results didn't meet
the original manufacturing specifications (which we don't have), it might
be "good enough".
I think you'd need to do a good job of degaussing the entire surface before
writing the servo patterns. I don't think using any normal degaussing coil
will be sufficiently effective, but doing it with a normal head and
stepping in increments less than the track width might be viable.