PDP11/23+ frustration

[Philipp Hachtmann]

Hi,


> it is a REALLY REALLY REALLY bad idea to just power old removable disk
> drives up to see if they will 'just work'
> as you discovered, THEY DON'T, and destroy themselves in the process
Yes.... :-(

> look at the messages from Tom Jennings about all the trouble he had
> getting his going over the past few months
Hmpf, I forgot. Yes, he had some trouble with his Nova...


 > 1) you now have a piece of junk
> that is most likely unrepairable unless you are VERY lucky and can
> clean the heads
Are there any tricks beyond Isopropanol?

> 2) you've destroyed the disc pack (which may be
> difficult to repace) and 
I have a few others.... Perhaps the drive has crashed before. Because 
one of the packs is open and the disk has these nice concentric stripes....

Should I take the drive to the scrapyard immediately?


Regards,
Philipp