On 7/24/17 9:23 AM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> > Sadly, Texsleeves are no longer made, they are the best. > > Yes, I'm bummed about that. > > What's the recommended replacement? Guy might have some ideas, I use lint-free cloth wrapped around the old Texwands I still have. The cloth is from bags of 8" square wipes I bought off ebay that came in Unisys tape drive cleaning kits. The only critical surfaces are the leading edge of the ceramic disk and the face. It's pretty common for crud to accumulate in the holes. 23xx era ceramic heads are really very rugged. As long as the ceramic doesn't get scratched they clean up pretty easily. Any sorts of smudges on the packs, though, will grow and spread over time as the head stops flying It really is best to recover the data and discard the media. Packs still aren't THAT hard to find I probably still have 100 12-sector packs that I'm slowly working my way through. "Interesting" failure mode I've seen recently is where the plastic lip on the opening where the spring is will crack off, putting the door spring against the surface of the platter which leaves a big scratch into the oxide. No fun.
