> On Jan 3, 2017, at 4:15 PM, Chuck Guzis <ccl...@sydex.com> wrote:
>
> On 01/03/2017 12:57 PM, Cory Heisterkamp wrote:
>
>> Once I can make sense of the timing tracks, I think I'll proceed with
>> this. Not sure how I feel about using a micro-based solution though.
>> Just seems wrong : ) -C
>
>
> If enough working heads can be found, the drum probably can be
> remanufactured, as according to this:
>
> http://miriam-english.org/files/drum-computers/drum-computers.html
>
> the drum was nickel-chromium plated, not ferric oxide. This is what I
> would have suspected, as coating equipment and binders would probably be
> a far cry from modern technology back then, where precision plating was
> already an established art.
Metal alloy plating seems common in fixed head disks also, at least in the ones
from DEC I have seen. Making a new drum sounds like a great class project for
an ambitious machine shop student.
paul
