[Coco] DSKINI sounds

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 15 October 2012 14:24:02 Retro Canada did opine:

> yeah you can try to put a little WD40 on the head rails. My drive was
> grinding and I had to do that. After 30 years all the lubrification
> has dried out.
> 
WD-40 dries to a wax folks, it is only a temporary lubricant.  Any problems 
you fix with wd-40 will be a short lived fix, plus you get it all over heck 
unless you spray it o a q-tip away from the drive.  Clean, clean, clean, 
and relube, using something at least as good as motor oil in the rails, and 
a light grease on the drive screw & nut.  Lasts for years.

> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Luis Fernلndez <luis46coco at hotmail.com> 
wrote:
> > In addition to what I already said Bill
> > You can try to turn the motor that moves the head to see if you have
> > blockage or servicing I remove all the support and lubrication
> > gently rolling, better
> > 
> >> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> >> From: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 10:15:27 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSKINI sounds
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Before doing anything else, clean all contacts with a pencil eraser.
> >> Then clean the drive heads with alcohol and a qtip (very gently &
> >> carefully). Let the heads dry for a time as the alcohol will eat
> >> your disk if there's any on the head, especdially old disks and I
> >> don't think there's many "new" ones around. If this doesn't work,
> >> then start trouble shooting the drive/controller.
> >> 
> >> Bill P
> >> 
> >> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> >> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> >> Bill Pierce
> >> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: David Roper <ebonhand09 at gmail.com>
> >> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >> Sent: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 10:01 am
> >> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSKINI sounds
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I get at most 1 or 2 slow long clicks/grinds and then just running
> >> sounds..
> >> 
> >> The FD-500 cart seems very unreliable, booting into DECB only one or
> >> two out of three attempts, both with and without the modified MPI
> >> 
> >> I'm thinking it's dead, Jim - just not sure which bit
> >> 
> >> Any suggestions on how I can diagnose which part is toast?
> >> 
> >> - David
> >> 
> >> On 16 October 2012 00:58, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
> >> > yep, 35 slow long clicks, then 35 short fast clicks. (IIRC) and
> >> > that's after
> >> 
> >> the initial chatter of the head banging to LSN0
> >> 
> >> > Bill P
> >> > 
> >> > Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> >> > https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> >> > Bill Pierce
> >> > ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: David Roper <ebonhand09 at gmail.com>
> >> > To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >> > Sent: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 9:52 am
> >> > Subject: [Coco] DSKINI sounds
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > Hi all,
> >> > 
> >> > Is there a traditional pattern to the sounds a drive makes while
> >> > running DSKINI on a coco?
> >> > 
> >> > I've got a Coco3 ->modified MPI->FD-500 controller->FD-500 dual
> >> > disk setup that has worked in the past, but now its failing
> >> > somewhere along the line, and I'm not sure where
> >> > 
> >> > - David
> >> > 
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