I think you did not slide the thumb release on the handle before you lifted the
handle to remove the pack.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, October 22, 1999 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: opening a Rl01 drive
>>> I choose to power it up, and I was able to open the top door. However,
>>> the FAULT light stays on, i cant lock the cover down anymore, and
>>> I can remove the disk pack (just lift the handle?). I'm chosing to leave
>>> the RL01 powered up for a little while, in case the electronics havent
>>> been powered on for a while, but I doubt that wil fix this problem.
>
>>I meant to say i CANT remove the disk pack.
>
>*Oh*. Do you hear a "click" roughly 20 seconds after applying power
>to the drive? That's the lid latch solenoid. The "click" means that
>you can open it now.
>
>If you hear the "click" but still can't operate the open-cover latch,
>this is likely because the long piece of nylon line that connects the
>button to the latch is out of whack. (Or just plain broken!)
>Can you slide the button back and forth? If you feel *no* resistance,
>then the nylon line is probably broken. If you still can't move the sliding
>button at all, then the latch mechanism is screwed up. Some previous
>fellow may have tried too enthusiastically to move the slide when he
>shouldn't have, and bent or notched something out of whack. It's also
>possible for the latch mechanism itself, the other end of the nylon string,
>is broken/bent.
>
>If you don't hear the click, there may be a power supply or logic
>board problem.
>
>In *any* event, if you loosen the four screws holding the plastic
>panel on top at the rear of the drive, you can lift up the *entire*
>top cover quite handily and see what's going on.
>
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Received on Fri Oct 22 1999 - 19:20:24 BST