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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] 11X - 8 inch disk drive alignment ?

2004-06-20 by Lars Johansson

What are the most common drives in CMI IIx ? Is it the YE drives or are
other brans more common ?

What are the format used on discs ?

LJ

http://hem.spray.se/ppgwave/studiopics.html

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Thomson" <jamesthomson@mac.com>
To: <Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 1:21 PM
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] 11X - 8 inch disk drive alignment ?


> Hi Guys,
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>  I have two YE data 180 eight inch floppy drives in my CMI 11X. It seems
> after cleaning them I have accidentally knocked the heads out of
alignment.
> I was so careful using some isopropyl alcohol and top quality cotton swabs
> and yet it all went wrong. My advice... Don't even attempt to do a manual
> cleaning of your drives. I would use a 8" floppy drive cleaning kit which
is
> done by wetting a cleaning disk and inserting into the drive.
>  Where can I get these floppy drives realigned ? Many thanks !
>
> Regards,
>
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> James Thomson
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> Magic Audio Co.
> The Studio
> West Hampstead
> London NW2 3RJ
> U.K.
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