On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
> Well, the HDA I most want to be able to work on is the SA4000 one. At
> least on that one, it all comes apart from one side, and the cover is
> fairly light (it's plastic).
Same here. These are fascinating HDAs.
> But there is another problem. If my arms are effectively fixed in holes
> in the side of the cleanbox, I doubt I could move the cover far enough to
> get it clear of the rest of the HDA.
>
> No, I think you're right. A cleanbox isn't going to work for 14" drives :-(
Actually, perhaps it could, if designed as follows: the arm-holes would be on
top, at a slanted angle; more so of an angle than shown below.
A B C
_____o----\ \---o_____
| E |
D F
(A), (B) and (C) are three plexiglas surfaces. (A) and (C) are fixed.
(B) is a slideable surface with two gloved, and angled, arm openings
(E) in it. (D) and (F) represent some sort of roller seal seal
between the sheets of plexiglas. Anyway, this same basic idea could
be used on an angled cover as well... basically, the idea is to create
a cleanbox (hey, I seem to recall mentioning the idea of miniature
cleanrooms (boxes) some time ago, but no one seemed very interested in
the idea... I guess thoughts change when some random corporation is
seen doing it, and then it becomes an "ok idea"...) that allows one to
work on larger hard drives, like the SA4000 series.
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