Re: Disk II Head Load Pad

[sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <9211030006.AA03812@happy.cs.nyu.edu> m-jk8594@happy.CS.nyu.EDU (James Kyriannis) writes:
>I'm trying to find a "Head Load Pad" for a Disk II drive.
>
>The "Head Load Pad" is a small felt disk that is attached to the arm that
>swings up and down as you open and close the drive door.  This felt pad is
>directly opposite the r/w head, and so it presses down on the diskette
>media, to achieve positive contact with the r/w head.
>
>Somehow, my "Head Load Pad" disappeared.  Now, when the diskette spins, I 
>scratch up the opposite side of the disk I'm reading, since plastic is now 
>touching the diskette, rather than the pad.

This sounds like something you could fabricate easily enough...sounds
like you could just pick up some felt at a fabric shop and fasten it
to the plastic base.

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