On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 18:23 -0700, Carl Lowenstein wrote:

> Was this a DEC RD54 by any chance?  Those particular drives had a
> head-parking bumper that turned to glue over time.  There used to be a
> recipe for unsticking them that started with putting the drive in a
> freezer to make the glue brittle.  Then the whack on the side, and
> defeating an electrical interlock so the drive would try harder to
> position the head away from the bumper.
> 

No it wasn't, but I don't remember exactly what brand or model it was. I
know it wasn't a DEC because I've never had a DEC drive.

PGA
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Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE
Owner/Sr. Engineer
Random Logic Consulting
www.randomlogic.com


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