On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Certain early brand new SE hard drives (I want to say Quantum 40s and 80s, but my memory is fuzzy) were prone to so-called "stiction" even back in the day when they were new. Back in the day we would drop the computer from a few inches and often fix them.
Like I said drop it is just like kicking it to fix it. Drop, kick, smack. It takes a certain kind of expert to know which one to use.
My understanding is that if that works these days your drive is on borrowed time (maybe even back then!).
On 8/11/2017 1:42 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'm interested in compact macs. I have an SE/30 that I used in college and loved the machine!
Besides replacing the sticker, I also found that kicking computers helps too. Sometimes these old machines are just grouch old computers. If in doubt kick it!
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:34 AM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I am picking up a MAC SE model 5011 with a bad SCSi HD (I am told) on the
way to the workshop Saturday to play around with. Not sure if anyone is into these I think the hard drive is bad because it needs a new Apple sticker on the side. I have found if you replace the sticker the computer fixes itself.
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