stepping machanism of Apple Disk ][ drive (was Re: Heatkit 5

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sat Apr 10 00:39:16 1999

On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Tony Duell wrote:

> > Actually, Persci floppy drives in 1976 or so were voice-coil (and quite
> > a pain to maintain, even then - these days the glue that holds the
> > optical graticules in place is often failing, and gluing and realigning
> > from scratch is even harder, even with all the special Persci
> > realignment jigs and electronic panels.) And a common modification
>
> Does anyone have the service manuals for these drives? I have one on my
> old CASU S100 system, and although it's not failed yet, I'm sure I'll
> have to fix it sometime.

I'm fairly sure somewhere amidst my piles of computer stuff I have the
service manuals. One day I'll find them, and on that day I'll let you
know ;)

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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