RL02 question

From: Clint Wolff <vaxman_at_uswest.net>
Date: Mon Oct 2 20:17:05 2000

I haven't looked at these very close yet, but aren't the heads in the
drive, not the disk pack?

The only damage I can imagine is the bearings and/or races got munged
up...

clint


On Mon, 2 Oct 2000, Daniel T. Burrows wrote:

> >I recently purchased a number of RL02 cartridges. Some are labeled:
> >RL02K-DC and some RL02K-EF.
> >
> >What's the difference between them?
>
> The -EF were error free.
>
> >
> >One had one side of the shock indicator set, a second had both set.
> >
> >Would it be a really bad idea to use either of these, or just a bad
> >idea?
>
> Depends of how brave you are.:)
> Clean the heads first anyway.
> Inspect them closely for any dings. Especially on the edges of the
> platters. Then be ready to spin the drive down if you hear anything when it
> first loads.
> Then inspect the heads again for oxide whether you heard anything or not.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
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Received on Mon Oct 02 2000 - 20:17:05 BST