Re: Transporting 5.25" drives

[david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)]

ludowick@aol.com (Ludowick) writes:
>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?

Probably.

>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 have a number of cardboard "pseudo-disks" taht came with my 5.25" drives
(not Apple Disk ][).
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia  david@uow.edu.au