22 Oct
1999
22 Oct
'99
10:21 a.m.
Ok, how do you open the top of a RL01 drive? someone mentioned removing that
little plate on the right side, but when I do that i dont see anything
resembling an unlocking mechanism. The latch on top appears to be locked
somehow, since i cant seem to move it.
-Lawrence LeMay
22 Oct
22 Oct
10:46 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
Ok, how do you open the top of a RL01 drive? someone
mentioned removing that
little plate on the right side, but when I do that i dont see anything
resembling an unlocking mechanism. The latch on top appears to be locked
somehow, since i cant seem to move it.
The solenoid mechansim is in there, just up and out of sight... a
small flashlight will aid in finding the linkage... then you (push
it up?) I haven't done this in a while .
The other good way is to simply power up the drive, press 'LOAD'
out, and wait for it to stabilze, open the door, remove the pack,
close the door and power down. Assumes you have mains power
available, natch......
Cheers
John
11:56 a.m.
Ok, how do you
open the top of a RL01 drive? someone mentioned removing that
little plate on the right side, but when I do that i dont see anything
resembling an unlocking mechanism. The latch on top appears to be locked
somehow, since i cant seem to move it.
The solenoid mechansim is in there, just up and out of sight... a
small flashlight will aid in finding the linkage... then you (push
it up?) I haven't done this in a while .
The other good way is to simply power up the drive, press 'LOAD'
out, and wait for it to stabilze, open the door, remove the pack,
close the door and power down. Assumes you have mains power
available, natch......
12:02 p.m.
I choose to power it up, and I was able to open the top door. However,
the FAULT light stays on, i cant lock the cover down anymore, and
I can remove the disk pack (just lift the handle?). I'm chosing to leave
the RL01 powered up for a little while, in case the electronics havent
been powered on for a while, but I doubt that wil fix this problem.
I meant to say i CANT remove the disk pack.
Note, the drive isnt conected to any computer at this time, its just
powered up.
-Lawrence LeMay
10:47 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Lawrence LeMay wrote:
Ok, how do you open the top of a RL01 drive? someone
mentioned removing that
little plate on the right side, but when I do that i dont see anything
resembling an unlocking mechanism. The latch on top appears to be locked
somehow, since i cant seem to move it.
Behind the little plate there should be a thin vertical metal rod. Pull it
down and the door should unlock.
Alternatively, apply power and wait for the click. :-)
-Dave McGuire
12:26 p.m.
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3:27 p.m.
New subject: DOS 1.10
Has anyone else run into trouble reading 8 sector disks under Win95? I tried
to read the IBM DOS 1.10 disk and just ran into the Abort, Retry, Ignore
error message. When I booted it up and copied it to another disk on the
Compaq luggable, everything worked out just fine.
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