Sony OA-D32W Floppy

From: Geoff Reed <geoffr_at_zipcon.net>
Date: Mon Feb 4 00:42:53 2002

IPC? as in Sparc IPC? do you need a floppy for one? I may still be able
to get htem at $4.95 a pop here in seattle... but you probably won't need a
floppy in it....

At 09:35 PM 2/3/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Thanks for the detailed instructions but I hope it won't come to trying to
>repair the drive. Someone was kind enough to offer up a possible
>replacement off list so I hope that does the trick.
>
>Your guess about what happened sounds about right. I just got this IPC as
>an "as-is" project and I'm not sure if the drive head was broken before it
>was shipped, during shipping, or after I got it when I fought with the
>drive a little to get a stuck disk out. At first I thought there was
>something like a dead bumblebee stuck in the drive. Only after I
>disassembled the machine enough to get the drive out and take a close look
>did I realize that what I saw was the upper head broken off of the arm and
>dangling by the coil wires.
>
>-Glen
>
>
>>From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell)
>>Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>>To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
>>Subject: Re: Sony OA-D32W Floppy
>>Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 21:26:18 +0000 (GMT)
>>
>> >
>> > Does anyone have any info on Sony OA-D32W 3.5" floppies? In
>> particular the
>>
>>Enough to have repaired many of them....
>>
>> > one I have is a model OA-D32W-11 with a broken head. This was in an HP
>>
>>Let me guess. The grease on the disk holder/eject mechanism turned to
>>glue and the upper head was ripped off when you ejected a disk. Seen it
>>happen all too often.
>
>
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Received on Mon Feb 04 2002 - 00:42:53 GMT

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