29 Nov
1999
29 Nov
'99
7:32 p.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.
29 Nov
29 Nov
7:41 p.m.
CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
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.
Hi
If there is any grunk stuck on the head surface, it
will damage the disk surface.
I have an old TTL disk controller that would do formatting
if one knew the trick but in general, I'm sure you guys
are correct that the one in question didn't do formatting.
Dwight
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