RX01 missing felt pad, repair advice - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 Nov 2008

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 From: Tim McNerney <mc at media.mit.edu>
Subject: RX01 missing felt pad, repair advice

The felt pad that presses the floppy disk into the r/w head fell off my 
RX01 (or whatever dual floppy drive is actually inside a DECmate model 
III (a late edition of 6120-based PDP-8).
Has anyone tried to do that repair?  What did you use for replacement, 
self-adhesive felt material?
 *I've not worked on a RX-01 before, but I've been keeping my eye out for 
suitable felt button replacements.   The only thing I've seen so far as 
these felt pellets used in pellet guns... they come in .177 - .22 inch 
sizes.     If you've lost the carrier as well, you've got a slightly 
more difficult problem.

 JS
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