Re: Resend: Oceanic drive issues

From: william degnan <billdegnan_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 18:15:33 -0400
Message-ID: <CABGJBuf7HkzqQsaZR70K6TvXiq6BGF+H6UvsByY6FZK069Y=HA@mail.gmail.com>
dumb question - after cleaning the head did you try to format a disk?
Sometimes that helps the heads return to the correct locations if they're
off in a way that's not permanent.  There is also a "drive knock" program
that I have used from time to time that jiggers the head.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 6:00 PM, HÃRSFALVI Levente <
publicmailbox@harsfalvi.net> wrote:

> Hi!,
>
>
> http://retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/clean_disks.html
>
> Our disks seem to hit the age... I archived some boxes of disks a couple
> of months ago and had to clean the head between practically every takes.
>
> Unfortunately I can't already remember how to disassemble the '118.
> (Haven't done so in the last probably two decades.)
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Levente
>
>
> On 2015-07-14 22:28, Peter Krefting wrote:
>
>> Trying again, as the mail server rejected my first attempt:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I sat down copying disks yesterday evening, using my Oceanic drive[1]
>> and a ZoomFloppy cable. After copying 40 or so disks, I ended up with
>> one that was unreadable and had the read head "bump" a lot. I aborted
>> the read, but after that I am unable to read any disks. It just "bumps"
>> a bit and returns a 74 "drive not ready" error.
>>
>> I tried opening it to see if it got stuck, but I only get to the PCB
>> side, and haven't quite figured out how to get to the head to check it.
>> What should I look for? Is there a software way to force it to unlock?
>> Have I forever destroyed the drive?
>>
>>
>
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