10 Apr
2007
10 Apr
'07
3:20 p.m.
Fourth, it's a good idea to use an inert gas
supply. For reasons of
What's wrong with filtered air? It's what was used in the demountable
minicomputer hard disks, and I would think it would be suitable for the
sort of winchester drive we're discussing here.
availability and price, the best choice might be
nitrogen. Bottled
nitrogen won't be completely clean, so an air filter is probably a good
idea. Don't use a paper one, obviously. I use a glass allergen filter.
Again, why not? Every demountable hard drive I've ever worked on has used
a coated paper element air filter. The service manual for at least one
hard dirve (I have the manual, not the drive, I think it was the drive
badged as the RK01) has a hadwritten note in it giving the make/model of
a car, the air filter of which would work in said drive. And I am told A
Citroen something-or-other air filter can be modified to fit an RL drive.
-tony