Re: 1541 bad R/W head

From: Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:08:52 +0100
Message-ID: <CAESs-_w80tuQKy7GHM1baOch4sLHAk1RjMSNMQOdkr=UcMvD=Q@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 2:47 PM, Konrad B <konrad0x42@gmail.com> wrote:

> Few months ago there was a discussion on a local C= user group about a
> bunch of 1541-s with defective R/W heads that popped up on an auction
> site (these were part of a bigger batch actually and the guy who dealt
> with them fixed the remaining ones).
> One guy said he knew a (now retired) technician, working in a local
> audio/video equipment manufacturer (Unitra) in the magnetic tape heads
> department (long time ago...) - and this guy already fixed 10 of the
> D500 R/W heads when we had this discussion, I guess this number now
> may be 20+ due to the said bunch of broken 1541-s and some other guys
> wishing to repair their own units. Process took 3-6 hours per one head

and how does one fix a broken head?
Frank

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