Need RT-11 on RX02

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Thu Jan 29 18:04:46 2004

>From: "Dave Mitton" <dave_at_mitton.com>
>
>Folks,
> I need some help.
>
>I'm trying to bring up my LSI-11 system (KDA11, BA11-VA Cabinet, RX02,
>VT100), and due to a basement flood a few years ago, all of my RX02 media
>has been water damaged. This was my last 8" floppy system.
>
>The diskettes are sticking to the jacket, and some bits of the lining are
>sticking to the oxide, (or vice versa) anyways I cannot get anything to
>boot. I've tried cleaning a few of the media with isopropyl alcohol, but
>no success yet.

Hi
 I assume you've removed them from the covers and run them bare.
Also try cleaning the pulley surfaces on the drives. Even tiny grunk
here will cause read errors. The belts tend to degrade and make
blobs on the pulleys.
 Clean heads between each experiment.
 I had this same problem with a number of "high quality" floppies.
It seems that the adhesive used for the liners would seep through
the liners onto the disk. Someone mentioned using goof-off but
I've never tried such and don't recommend it without some testing
first. I cleaned with isoproponal(sp?).
Dwight
Received on Thu Jan 29 2004 - 18:04:46 GMT