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I'm restoring a DEC RP02 disk drive - re-badged Memorex 660, IBM 2314
clone. On cleaning it up, I find that the 'basin' - the sheet metal
which lines the cavity in which the disk pack spins - is painted with a
dark grey paint which is positively sticky - tacky to the touch.
I've never encountered this on a disk drive before. Do people think this
is just old, deteriorated paint? Or is it possible that it's intended to
be sticky - to trap any particulates which elude the HEPA filter? If so,
would that have been factory applied, or a customer 'modification' done
in the field?
Anyone ever found sticky paint on a removable-pack disk drive before?
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IIRC, the area you refer to was bare metal on the 2319 drives I used in
college.
Rick
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