Needed 5-1/4” Cleaning Floppy
All, I need to get a cleaning floppy (or more than one) for 5-1/4” floppy drives. I have a number of drives that are a pain to get to the heads on, without disassembly. Thanks! - Alex
If you're coming to the workshop this weekend, I'll have my cleaning disk with me. I have tools that can spin up the drives to clean it. Jeff Salzman On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 5:50 PM Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
All,
I need to get a cleaning floppy (or more than one) for 5-1/4” floppy drives. I have a number of drives that are a pain to get to the heads on, without disassembly.
Thanks! - Alex
Consider this to use on suspect floppies before they foul your drive heads: https://www.ebay.com/itm/303620862566 On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:55 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
If you're coming to the workshop this weekend, I'll have my cleaning disk
with me. I have tools that can spin up the drives to clean it.
Jeff Salzman
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 5:50 PM Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
All,
I need to get a cleaning floppy (or more than one) for 5-1/4” floppy
drives. I have a number of drives that are a pain to get to the heads on,
without disassembly.
Thanks!
- Alex
I just flush them under running water. ;-) (Not really, but I actually did this successfully, once, with a disk that was in dirt.) On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:59 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Consider this to use on suspect floppies before they foul your drive heads: https://www.ebay.com/itm/303620862566
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:55 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
If you're coming to the workshop this weekend, I'll have my cleaning disk
with me. I have tools that can spin up the drives to clean it.
Jeff Salzman
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 5:50 PM Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
All,
I need to get a cleaning floppy (or more than one) for 5-1/4” floppy
drives. I have a number of drives that are a pain to get to the heads on,
without disassembly.
Thanks!
- Alex
I’ve rescued disks with water that had coffee spilled on them. On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 2:34 PM Chris Fala <chrisjpf33@gmail.com> wrote:
I just flush them under running water. ;-) (Not really, but I actually did this successfully, once, with a disk that was in dirt.)
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:59 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Consider this to use on suspect floppies before they foul your drive heads:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303620862566
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:55 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
If you're coming to the workshop this weekend, I'll have my cleaning disk
with me. I have tools that can spin up the drives to clean it.
Jeff Salzman
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 5:50 PM Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
All,
I need to get a cleaning floppy (or more than one) for 5-1/4” floppy
drives. I have a number of drives that are a pain to get to the heads on,
without disassembly.
Thanks!
- Alex
Unfortunately, I have a bunch of drives that came to me dirty. So, cleaning disks is good, but doesn't directly address the need. Thanks! - Alex On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 3:49 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I’ve rescued disks with water that had coffee spilled on them.
On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 2:34 PM Chris Fala <chrisjpf33@gmail.com> wrote:
I just flush them under running water. ;-) (Not really, but I actually did this successfully, once, with a disk that was in dirt.)
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:59 PM Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Consider this to use on suspect floppies before they foul your drive heads:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/303620862566
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 5:55 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
If you're coming to the workshop this weekend, I'll have my cleaning disk
with me. I have tools that can spin up the drives to clean it.
Jeff Salzman
On Wed, Aug 12, 2020, 5:50 PM Alexander Jacocks via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
All,
I need to get a cleaning floppy (or more than one) for 5-1/4” floppy
drives. I have a number of drives that are a pain to get to the heads on,
without disassembly.
Thanks!
- Alex
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