20+ years ago, I remember people talking about disassembling these to fix the issue. I’ve never tried. Though I have one or two that might benefit from is. If the CLASSICCMP archives from ’97-2000 are online, I’d recommend running a search against them.
Zane > On Sep 19, 2021, at 3:58 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ok, so out of the basement came a Micrapolis 1325 (the old Dec RD53 disk) > with what appears to be stuck heads. Rotor tries to move under power but can > only take out slack. Will move backwards a bit. > > Is this stuck head, and what would be the best way to free it? The reason I'm > asking is this disk had a SA1000 adapter mounted under it so I am pretty sure > it was a PERQ disk. Which means data may be priceless. And of course it's > stuck. > > Thoughts? > > CZ >
