> On 2018-02-26, at 14:47, Konrad B <konrad0x42@gmail.com> wrote: > > Few months ago there was a discussion on a local C= user group about a > bunch of 1541-s with defective R/W heads that popped up on an auction > site (these were part of a bigger batch actually and the guy who dealt > with them fixed the remaining ones). > One guy said he knew a (now retired) technician, working in a local > audio/video equipment manufacturer (Unitra) in the magnetic tape heads > department (long time ago...) - and this guy already fixed 10 of the > D500 R/W heads when we had this discussion, I guess this number now > may be 20+ due to the said bunch of broken 1541-s and some other guys > wishing to repair their own units. Process took 3-6 hours per one head > (!) Totally interesting... I remember myself re-winding tweeters back then but never a head's coil. Unitra was a company I admired once (although its various branches with varying amount of admiration ;-) Their magnetic heads were not something I'd recommend to anyone but maybe they were all "hand-made", which would explain not only their quality but also the guy's ability to re-build a floppy head. Highly interesting. -- SD! - http://e4aws.silverdr.com/ Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2018-02-26 20:00:03
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