Disk platters and water (was: Re: NOVA4 6070 disk booboo)

[Jay West]

You wrote...
> When I was in college, we had an IBM 1311 that sprang a leak
> (hydraulic head actuator...) spraying hydraulic fluid all over the
> system pack.  The FE repaired the drive, wiped the heads and pack with
> solvent, and started things back up.  Worked just fine.

Wonder what the head-disk gap was on a drive of the IBM 1311 vintage.

Jay