Hard Drive Stiction problems

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Enclosed is a text file containing the replies I received regarding where to

buy microswitch replacements for Mac mice (one of ours broke the other day and

I requested this info 2 digests ago). Many thanks to the individuals (all

listed in this text file) who responded!



Elliot Bennett

DLR, Cologne, Germany

[email protected]




I got my NEC SuperScript Color 3000M printer and have had a day to play with
it; here's the report--



It comes with abbreviated sample dye and wax ribbons instead of the full
sized ribbons that one would buy as stock supplies for the printer. This
makes sense when you figure that the purchaser will want to see what kind of
output the machine is capable of before committing to it, but it needs to be
taken into account when purchases are made, i.e., you will VERY shortly have
to buy extra ribbons if you intend on doing much printing. The demo ribbons
are good for (according to the manual) 10 prints each, whereas regular
ribbons are good for 25 sheets (dye-sub) or 107 sheets (thermal-wax); you get
a dye-sub ribbon, a thermal-wax variable-dot ribbon, and a plain-jane
thermal-wax ribbon. You also get two (not three, but also not just one)
ribbon carrier, which makes it easy to swap ribbons (the printer only holds



*To Moderator.
Please archive the below as technical notes in your sites.
I'm sorry that I made mistakes. I corrected two lines
Please take this as the technical notes*

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>To: [email protected]
>Cc: [email protected]

>The address is "shiva.com" or 192.80.57.1. ftp with anonymous and guest...TVM

Yes, I fixed it. I really appreciate all others' help.



[email protected] (Steven Arthur Sivier) writes in response to my
query last week:

>You mean its Sony drives that have the stiction problems? I thought it
>only affected Quantum drives. It happens I have an old 40 Meg Sony drive
>(Model SRD2040A-02) from out of a IIcx that refuses to spin anymore. Can
>I get this repaired (or replaced) for free or should I just toss it?

I sure do. I went through this same loop last summer with my own SE/30 with
a Sony drive. I had to do some research on behalf of my qualified Apple
dealer, natch, but got a free replacement. Now he sounds most
knowledgeable, as I discovered when I phoned him last week in relation to
the firm's machine, until I got to the word "Quantum", whereapon: problem
not known. I thought the Quantum problem was more widely known, but
strangely, nobody has (yet) confirmed it in response to my query last week.