--- Patrick Rigney <patrick_at_evocative.com> wrote:
> Tony,
>
> Do RL02's have a servo platter?
No. The RL01 and RL02 drives use embedded servo.
If the heads won't load, I would also suspect that the RPM isn't
detected within limits. I didn't know there was an active component
in the cartridge, but if it were missing or dislodged, that could
account for the symptoms.
I know more about the innards of the RK05, and it uses a cut aluminum
hub and a hall sensor to detect sectors - the cartridge is passive.
The gap in the hub rim triggers the hall sensor and a new sector
begins. I guess the RL01/RL02 must have a similar mechanism, but
with magnets, not gaps.
-ethan
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Received on Wed Dec 04 2002 - 15:57:00 GMT