opening a Rl01 drive

From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Fri Oct 22 19:33:34 1999

>
> Double-Oh: now I realize where you're at. You see the pack, you lift
> the handle, but it doesn't come out. Well, this one's easy:
>
> Start with the handle in the *down* position, against the pack.
> You see the little semi-circular notch on the right-hand side of the
> middle of the handle? Put your right thumb there. It's a little
> slide mechanism, you push it to the left. Now, keeping the slide
> slid to the left, you lift the handle.
> It should "feel" different than before you slid the slide, and you'll
> hear a ker-klunk as a lever mechanism disengages the magnetic hold-down
> on the pack. Lift, and put the pack in its lid!.
>
> Do the same to remove the lid from a pack.
>

Thanks, now I know how it works ;)

I've never seen a RL01 in action before. I think we had an RK05 back in
the 70's, but I wasnt allowed to operate it (senior high, they only
trust you SO far...)

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Fri Oct 22 1999 - 19:33:34 BST