opening a Rl01 drive - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Oct 1999

I had a bigger problem... A drive lid that always opened! One day (you know
where I am going...) I OPENED the lid and tried to remove a pack while it
was spinning... Not happy.. Lost that RSTS/E pack.

I really like running RK05s..

john

-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com &lt;CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: opening a Rl01 drive

...
  Thanks, now I
know how it works ;) 
Yeah, well, leave it to me to overlook the actual question and make
it much harder than it really is :-).

I have come across *several* RL01/2 drives through the years where the
latch mechanism didn't work properly because someone had tried to
pry the lid open (usually by wedging something in the crack in the
front.)  This isn't kind to the little latch mechanism, and my worst-case
fear is that it's damaged beyond recognition.

Tim.