Free in DC area: Fuji SMD drives

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sat Jul 28 10:07:31 2001

I thought so. The Pertec drives were more plastic than most other drives of
their time. Like Remex, they were considered lower quality, though the Remex
drives were quite a bit better than the Pertec. I think the plastic alloys were
more stabile in the Remex drives, hence they stayed aligned and functional a bit
better than did the Pertec models.

Those PerSci drives bring about $9 in scrap value if you sufficiently dismantle
them. That's about a buck more than the older Shugart drives, and two bucks or
so more than the newer, lighter 8" full-size drives of the late '80's. They all
have significant scrap value as "high-quality" aluminum.

If you dismantle them, the stuff you take off the castings, heads, motors,
screws, solenoids, sensors, etc, becomes spare parts/hardware, while the
casting, which takes up most of the space gets recycled in a constructive way.
It's not a way to make money, but it reduces waste.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: <CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: Free in DC area: Fuji SMD drives


> On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > You mean Pertec, or PerSci? I've got a few PerSci drives, but I wasn't
aware
> > that anyone else made voice-coil actuated FDD's.
>
> Yes, I really meant PerSci.
>
> If nobody here takes the drives, they'll go to a local metalworking
> enthusiast who melts down the castings...
>
> Tim.
>
>
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