Re: Transporting 5.25" drives

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Ludowick (ludowick@aol.com) wrote:
: Howdy kids!

: When transporting 5.25" drives over long distances (i.e. shipping one via US
: post), should a disk be inserted into them to prevent damage to the R/W heads
: from rough handling?

: My Apple 3.5" drive came with a little yellow plastic "pseudo-disk" to protect
: its mechanism.  Does the same apply to 5.25" drives?  

I remember that the 5.25" drives came with a cardboard pseudo-disk inside
with a little tab hanging out which included the message, "REMOVE BEFORE
USE AND NEVER REINSERT."

Make of that what you will...
In the Disk ][, I think the pressure pad touches the head when the door is
closed with no disk inside; in the DuoDisk and the 5.25" Drive, I am not
so sure.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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