One for the real old-timers here! I'm restoring a DEC RP02 disk drive - re-badged Memorex 660, IBM 2314 clone. On cleaning it up, I find that the 'basin' - the sheet metal which lines the cavity in which the disk pack spins - is painted with a dark grey paint which is positively sticky - tacky to the touch.
I've never encountered this on a disk drive before. Do people think this is just old, deteriorated paint? Or is it possible that it's intended to be sticky - to trap any particulates which elude the HEPA filter? If so, would that have been factory applied, or a customer 'modification' done in the field? Anyone ever found sticky paint on a removable-pack disk drive before? And, while I'm on the subject, I desperately need disk packs for this thing - IBM 2314-compartible, the disk pack was 2316 IIRC. Also badly needed, IBM 3330-1 disk packs for another drive I'm restoring. And while I have your attention, I'll repeat my annual appeal for old IBM hardware - I'm trying to track down S/360, S/370, and S/3 CPUs and peripherals, card reader/punches, DASD (desperate to find 3340s!), Selectric terminals, 3277 terminals, and similar vintage equipment! (this is for my museum, and yes I do find it and get it working - see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBtXLZcY_bM ) Thanks! Mike http://www.corestore.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
