Re: Disk ][ refurb, case replacement, etc.

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Jason A. Wells <jawells@crl2.crl.com> writes ...

>
> I just completed a little journey into a pair of Disk ]['s (one
> a Bell+Howell and the other an Apple) just to swap out their cases,
> since the Apple one died, and I wanted a good mechanism with an
> Apple case, but the B+H drive only cost me $5.
>
> Would anyone be interested in a post/email/or HTML version of
> instructions on replacing Disk ][ drive cases?  Or has this been
> done already?  (No sense in reinventing the wheel!)
>

     Maybe something like it has been published; but, I do not recall
ever coming across such an article. Why not email Tom (cturley@grin.net)
and ask if he would like to include an article about changing cases in
A2-2000?


> Also, now I have a bad Disk ][ mechanism with a Bell and Howell
> case.  Any ideas on what to do with it?  Bookend?  Doorstop?  :-)
> Anyone want it shipped to them?  One that idea crossed my mind was
> to melt some candles onto it, and set it on my desk with
> _The_Apple_II_Circuit_Description_ open to some arcane-looking
> page.  :-D
>

     If it's bad, you may be able to fix it by swapping in a 74LS125 and,
perhaps, a new electrolytic capacitor. If it's _really_ _bad_, a bookend
sounds like a good application. I've got a couple old core memory module
bookends-- they look pretty neat.



Rubywand