>There is actually a DEC machine for cleaning RL packs. It's similar to
>the more common one for RK05 packs, and it slowly rotates the disk while
>moving a cleaning pad over the surface. Problem is getting the cleaning
>pads, and the fact that it often does more harm than good.
Strange, sounds like the cleaning cartridges for DLT4000/7000 drives, use
them to often and you've no longer got a tape head.
>If you've got a dirty pack, I wonder if you can dismantle it (unclip the
>base cover, etc) and clean the disk like you clean an RK05 disk (91% IPA,
>9% distilled water, don't let it dry on the disk surface.). I've never
>done this, and I don't have an RL pack to hand to try it.
Well I tried, you can get the bottom unclipped. However that only gains
you access to the bottom of the platter, and I didn't want to unscrew the
platter and unbalance it.
>> It's called the pack is visably dirty inside, with a thin film of grim.
>
>Is this on the platter (ouch!), the outside of the inner cartridge, or where?
>
>-tony
Turns out that the film of grim was only around the opening on the pack,
and on the inner bottom. The inner top, and the platter itself looked to
be clean.
Unfortunatly I got a parity error about a third of the way in when I tried
to make a disk Image on my MicroVAX.
Anyway, that's it for the RL02's from this weekends haul. Now to take this
drive out, and bring in a RL01 drive so I can read those packs in. I just
pray the Whitesmith C distribution pack is good!
Zane
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Received on Wed Aug 19 1998 - 21:04:42 BST