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  • Floppy issues...

    From halian@39:902/501 to Ginger1 on Thu Jul 18 23:28:07 2024
    Did you ever try cleaning it thoroughly with isopropyl alcohol, and putting fresh lithium grease on the rails & everywhere else metal rubs against metal?

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  • From Ginger1@39:136/3 to halian on Mon Sep 2 20:12:57 2024
    Re: Floppy issues...
    By: halian to Ginger1 on Thu Jul 18 2024 23:28:07

    Did you ever try cleaning it thoroughly with isopropyl alcohol, and putting fresh lithium grease on the rails & everywhere else metal rubs against metal?

    I did try isopropyl alcohol on the floppy heads, but not greasing things up. Will give that a try.
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  • From halian@39:902/501 to Ginger1 on Thu Sep 5 15:11:01 2024
    Did you ever try cleaning it thoroughly with isopropyl alcohol, and put fresh lithium grease on the rails & everywhere else metal rubs against metal?

    I did try isopropyl alcohol on the floppy heads, but not greasing things u Will give that a try.

    Any luck?

    -Ē¶ƒlian

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Windows/32)
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  • From Stephen Gadd@39:136/3 to halian on Sun Apr 13 17:37:43 2025
    Re: Floppy issues...
    By: halian to Ginger1 on Thu Sep 05 2024 15:11:01

    I did try isopropyl alcohol on the floppy heads, but not greasing things u Will give that a try.

    Any luck?

    In the end, I sourced another replacement internal drive. At some point, when work/life is less full on, I'll get a hold of the lithium grease and let you know!±Thank you for the advice though.
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