"New" RL02 on the way - how to power up?

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Wednesday 27 July 2005 10:08, charlesmorris at direcway.com wrote:
> Also, the seller tells me he can't get the pack out:
> >When I had the disk pack cover off, the release handle on the pack
> > did not release the disks and I did not want to force it.  Does the
> > drive need to be powered on and is there a way to remove them
> > without powering it on?

The pack is held onto the spindle with a fairly strong magnet.  As long 
as the heads aren't extended into the pack (which would be very bad 
anyhow), he should be able to just pull harder and get the pack to 
release.  When I first removed an RL02 pack, it required more force 
than I was expecting.

Pat
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