> On Oct 16, 2018, at 7:28 AM, David Schmidt via cctech
> wrote:
>
> On 10/15/18 1:00 PM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote:
>> From: Michael Brutman
>> Hi Eric,
>> I have working 10MB and 20MB units here being driven by a PC XT with the
>> Iomega specific card for them.
>> I've had to
On 10/15/18 1:00 PM, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote:
From: Michael Brutman
Hi Eric,
I have working 10MB and 20MB units here being driven by a PC XT with the
Iomega specific card for them.
I've had to puts lots of effort into cleaning the heads on them. I'm not
sure if there is an oxide
Get a cleaning cartridge ... it's the easiest way.
In theory the head is slightly recessed behind the polished plate that
establishes the airflow near the media; remember, the media deforms and
rises toward the head, making contact with the polished plate but not
touching the head. So maybe a
I can confirm that the media is starting to degrade - at least, it
does if it wasn't stored properly. I have a couple of cartridges here
that are shedding badly. You can manually open the cartridge by
tripping the catches and sliding the door open, and look at it. Here's
a picture of such a
Hi Mike,
The Bernoulli disks definitely do use servo, so as you say, if the servo
patterns are damaged the data is toast.
Do you have any advice on head cleaning? The docs on the second-generation
drive (Alpha-10H) just say to use a cleaning cartridge, and I don't have
one. I've cleaned floppy
Hi Eric,
I have working 10MB and 20MB units here being driven by a PC XT with the
Iomega specific card for them.
I've had to puts lots of effort into cleaning the heads on them. I'm not
sure if there is an oxide shedding problem or just 30 years of dust that
I'm fighting, but they do seem to be
Does anyone have the user, technical and/or service manual for the original
10MB Iomega Bernoulli drives? Bitsavers has the manuals for the later
half-height 10.0/10.5 MB "Alpha-10H", but I'm looking for docs for the
original model, which was full-height with a SASI (pre-SCSI) interface.
I have
