RL02 Disk Cartridge Problems

From: Christopher McNabb <cmcnabb_at_4mcnabb.net>
Date: Tue Dec 3 05:19:01 2002

On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 23:50, Patrick Finnegan wrote:


> I'd go for possibly a dislodged "tach magnet" (really they mark sectors
> IIRC). I'd _really_ doubt it's got anything to do with what's written on
> the pack (see below).
>

Where should the "tach magnet" be?

> A good check would be to listen for the heads to load into the pack. If
> they're not loading, then there's no way that the data can be the source
> of the problem.
>

I don't believe the heads are loading. At least, I can't hear them do
so.

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