Drive alignment tool, diskettes

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sun Mar 28 23:16:33 1999

On Sun, 28 Mar 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> If you have to align an 8"drive, the alignment diskette is pretty essential,
> i.e. you can't really do well without it. The 5.25" diskettes are about as
> easy to manage with software and one of the "digital alignment diskettes" if
> you can get them.

I am pretty sure that they are still available from:

                Accurite Technologues, Inc.
                231 Charcot Avenue
                San Jose CA 95131-1107

                                                 - don
 
> Dick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 6:46 PM
> Subject: followup: Rinky dink hamfest
>
>
> > Today I went to see a couple of the people that I meet at yesterday's
> >hamfest. One of them used to service XEROX computers. He told me that he
> >threw out three rooms full of old XEROX computers less than a year ago. :-(
> > He gave me part of the stuff that he had left, I have to take a Truck
> >(note capital) back to get the rest (estimated at two cubic yards but no
> >complete machines). So far I've found lots of docs and 8" flopppy disks
> >for the 820 and 16/8. The 16/8 looks pretty interesting, it ran CPM,
> >CPM-86 and MS-DOS. Does anyone have one of these? What's your opinion of
> >them?
> >
> > He has a floppy disk drive control box to manual operate 3.5", 5.25" and
> >8" drives during alignment. Anyone have an idea of what one of these is
> >worth with the alignment disks and manuals?
> >
> > Alos found a Lisa mouse to go with the Lisa that I got yesterday.
> >
> > Joe
> >
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 28 1999 - 23:16:33 BST