On Mon, 2017-10-23 at 20:14 -0500, Jules Richardson via cctalk wrote:
> There appears to be a photo of the internals here, if that helps at
> all:
>
> http://museum.ipsj.or.jp/computer/device/magnetic_disk/images/0011_03
> _l.jpg
>
> ... it's a little small, so hard to tell what's going on for
On 10/21/2017 01:31 PM, Phil Blundell via cctalk wrote:
Anybody familiar with the internals of these disks? I have one here
which seems to have the positioner stuck at track zero. I'm not sure
whether it's likely to be just a bit sticky and in need of some
assistance or whether there is some
It varies from drive to drive, but there is usually a sticker pointing it out,
perhaps on the bottom of the drive, sometimes a screw has to be loosened
in order to slide a bracket, etc.
On 10/23/17 10:24 AM, Phil Blundell via cctalk wrote:
> No, that was what I was thinking of with the "some sort
I assume you've released the head lock?
On 10/21/17 1:31 PM, Phil Blundell via cctalk wrote:
> Anybody familiar with the internals of these disks? I have one here
> which seems to have the positioner stuck at track zero. I'm not sure
> whether it's likely to be just a bit sticky and in need of
No, that was what I was thinking of with the "some sort of latch"
comment. Where is the head lock?
Thanks
Phil
On Mon, 2017-10-23 at 10:19 -0500, Tom Uban wrote:
> I assume you've released the head lock?
>
> On 10/21/17 1:31 PM, Phil Blundell via cctalk wrote:
> > Anybody familiar with the
Anybody familiar with the internals of these disks? I have one here
which seems to have the positioner stuck at track zero. I'm not sure
whether it's likely to be just a bit sticky and in need of some
assistance or whether there is some sort of latch involved, and I am a
bit reluctant to just
