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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
 Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 06:34:00
Earlier on this afternoon, i:Found my old 40 meg IDE drive
Took out the screws that hold the top on
Removed the top
Plugged it into the IDE bus on one of my P166s
Turned it on
Formatted it ...and then proceeded to install DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 and play around with it for a while while watching a hard drive work without the lid on!  "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 07:37:05
Cool, but evil. I really like to disassemble everything and have fun with the parts. The voice-coil head actuators use massively strong magnets. And sometimes the spindle motor has fun magnets. The platters make good wind-chimes. G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
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Unknown_K
Full Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 09:16:59
I think you will find that the drive will work for a long time unless you dump some sand or a few hairs into it. Dont try this with a new drive because they are not as tolerant, dust will destroy it quickly.
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Clinton
Full Member
USA
700 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2003 : 10:02:24
put some plastic or something over it. preserve it as long as possible!!!!CCC Commander
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2003 : 06:06:30
LOL!I should say that it would be ubercool if you did do the complete "transparent HDD hack" on that, you'd need to just cut a hole in the original cover, and put some clear stuff on it, and it'd be ubercool ;) your house must not have much dust?  have many fun and long days staring into the fast rotating platters of old hard drives  I bet it drives your parentals crazy too! "Fast spinning sharp objects! IN MY HOME???" Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2003 : 06:23:18
quote:
Cool, but evil. I really like to disassemble everything and have fun with the parts. The voice-coil head actuators use massively strong magnets. And sometimes the spindle motor has fun magnets. The platters make good wind-chimes.
Lol, those magnets sure are damn powerful. You only dare to put your fingers in the way of one once.... quote:
LOL!
I should say that it would be ubercool if you did do the complete "transparent HDD hack" on that, you'd need to just cut a hole in the original cover, and put some clear stuff on it, and it'd be ubercool ;)
your house must not have much dust? have many fun and long days staring into the fast rotating platters of old hard drives I bet it drives your parentals crazy too! "Fast spinning sharp objects! IN MY HOME???"
a) My house has just as much dust as any other house b) The key is to do it when they're not here.
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2003 : 06:32:45
lol, that's right huh? you like, live in a seperate beach house or something? (but you have the sand to deal with )Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2003 : 06:48:16
Yeah. They come and spend a few days with me sometimes, but a lot of the time, i'm all by myself....doing nothing but computer stuff........ "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Stryder
Junior Member
USA
382 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2003 : 07:26:37
Hey ML5, we're waiting for your continuation of the weekend responce you started in the Open House. Of course this kind of goes along with the original thread topic I posted too. "One slip and down the hole we fall" Stryders Community http://www22.brinkster.com/originalstryder/db/default.asp Come and check it out. |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 16 Nov 2003 : 21:56:31
Really? But i'm too busy...typing an...um..........email....... "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2003 : 11:11:18
LOL!/me starts humming...
eMail to who?  (or is it even an eMail?) :gasp: other than that, I would love to just spend my days doing nothing than computer stuff.... Next summer, I'll do that i guess Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2003 : 15:30:02
Never you mind..... "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 18 Nov 2003 : 22:04:21
lol, Boredom has gotten you more than just a translucent hard drive, it woudl appear...you know what tune is going through my head... Official 68k videographer
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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 15:28:33
The way I get the magnets off of the metal back plate is I use pliers to put sliding pressure on the magnet and then heat the back plate with a propane torch until the epoxy melts and the magnet slips. Then I separate the backplate from it as soon as possible before the heat kills the magnet. That way you just have the magnet without its back plate and it's way cooler and everything.The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5
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cory5412
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USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2003 : 19:56:16
lol, do you use that magnet at achool? Official 68k videographer
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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 20 Nov 2003 : 21:20:49
Huh? If what you're trying to say is does soaking them in alcohol work, then no. I tried it. The alcohol doesn't dissolve the epoxy. Heat is the only thing I found to work. Maybe gasoline would work, but that's a little too nasty. |
geekwurkz
Junior Member
USA
156 Posts |
Posted - 20 Nov 2003 : 22:01:28
I've found that lighter fluid does an nice job on the epoxy in some drives... It gums it up enough that you can get it off.Nick
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geekwurkz
Junior Member
USA
156 Posts |
Posted - 20 Nov 2003 : 22:30:16
One of my good old ST-251 drives just became a victim of my boredom. Oh well, at least it didn't work (unless a thick, blue smoke is a side effect of it's operation...)Nick
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