10 Oct
1999
10 Oct
'99
3:03 p.m.
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10 Oct
10 Oct
6:22 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
I've currently got an RX50 in bits on the bench,
and I am wondering how
on earth you align it. Does anyone know the official DEC procedure?
Jerome Fine replies:
As others have already said: "Toss the RX50 and replace it!"
I know this is also not very helpful (I am in Toronto), but I have
a few RX50 drives ready to toss that are perfectly good - just
the bottom plastic sled removed which I presume you have.
Is it worth while to ship across the pond? No charge except
the shipping and packing.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
11 Oct
11 Oct
8:27 a.m.
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5:01 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
Oh, come on. You know me :-). I'm the sort of
person who spends a day in
the garage to make a part for a $10 PC drive. I have no intention on
_replacing_ the entire drive...
Jerome Fine replies:
I feel the same way. I am currently looking into going to my local
Radio Shack to get a degausser to make TK50 tapes acceptable
to a TK70.
I know this is
also not very helpful (I am in Toronto), but I have
a few RX50 drives ready to toss that are perfectly good - just
Surely somebody in
the States/Canada wants them (or am I the only person
to be interested in Rainbows, DECmates, Pro's, VAXen, etc). 
12 Oct
12 Oct
4:05 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerome Fine <jhfine(a)idirect.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: How on earth do you align an RX50?
I feel the same way. I am currently looking into
going to my local
Radio Shack to get a degausser to make TK50 tapes acceptable
to a TK70.
Hi Jerome,
You've seen this info:
http://www.netbsd.org/Library/Hardware/Machines/DEC/vax/tk50.html
Just in case, you don't like to spend the hundreds of bucks for a big
degausser ..
cheers,
emanuel
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