Re: Diablo 31 air filters / plugs ?

On Sun, 8 Oct 2017, Tony Duell wrote: The Diablo positioner is strange. For one thing it is a permanent magnet motor and rack-and-pinion mechanism (!). But the important thing here is that the heads are loaded to the platter by a solenoid. Not by loading ramps like in an RK05. So even if the

Re: Diablo 31 air filters / plugs ?

On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk wrote: > >> On Oct 7, 2017, at 12:55 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: >> >> >> Looks like another computer will be joining the stable shortly, containing a >> Diablo 31 drive. >> >> From the manual it

Re: Diablo 31 air filters / plugs ?

> On Oct 7, 2017, at 5:00 PM, Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > On 10/7/17 1:31 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk wrote: > >> There wasn’t a head lock. > yes, there is. > > It is a 'L' shaped bracket that screws onto the top of the actuator. > Details in the manual > > You

Re: Diablo 31 air filters / plugs ?

On 10/7/17 1:31 PM, Jerry Weiss via cctalk wrote: > There wasn’t a head lock. yes, there is. It is a 'L' shaped bracket that screws onto the top of the actuator. Details in the manual You can tie-wrap the actuator or tape the disk with the cylinder numbers on it to keep it from moving without

Re: Diablo 31 air filters / plugs ?

> On Oct 7, 2017, at 12:55 PM, jos via cctalk wrote: > > > Looks like another computer will be joining the stable shortly, containing a > Diablo 31 drive. > > From the manual it looks that it does not need heads to be locked down for > transport, so I should be save

Diablo 31 air filters / plugs ?

Looks like another computer will be joining the stable shortly, containing a Diablo 31 drive. From the manual it looks that it does not need heads to be locked down for transport, so I should be save there. But since i will need to fabricate cables : are connector plugs still obtainable ?