forde@EGLIN-VAX.ARPA ("MAJ ERIC S. FORD") (06/12/88)
A friend of mine from the local Apple Club has a PRO-APP 20 had drive which recently began making strange noises (described as whining) and may be on the verge of dying. It seems that the manufacturer/source of these drives has gone the way of the dinosaur so I'm looking for anyone who has info on who might be doing repair work on these systems. Any thoughts? Eric S. Ford ------
tsouth@pro-pac.cts.COM (Todd South) (06/14/88)
In Article: <8806131147.aa22258@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> "MAJ ERIC S. FORD" <pnet01!crash!eglin-vax.arpa!forde> writes: > A friend of mine from the local Apple Club has a PRO-APP 20 had drive which > recently began making strange noises (described as whining) and may be on > the verge of dying. It seems that the manufacturer/source of these drives > has gone the way of the dinosaur so I'm looking for anyone who has info on > who might be doing repair work on these systems. Any thoughts? > > Eric S. Ford > ------ Eric, I once had that problem with my Sider ][. Turned out that the Sider had a graphite dust collector with too much build up on it. All one had to do was clean it and the problem was solved. Although the Pro-App is not a Sider, it may have something similar to this. If not, I'd put money on the bearing, and if that is it, I doubt they can be replaced unless the platter installed is of a generic type, like the CMS platters are. Todd South -- UUCP: {nosc, ihnp4, cacilj, sdcsvax, hplabs!hp-sdd, sun!ihnp4} ...!crash!pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-pac!tsouth ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-pac!tsouth@nosc.MIL INET: tsouth@pro-pac.CTS.COM - BITNET: pro-pac.UUCP!tsouth@PSUVAX1
whitney@think.COM (David Whitney) (06/15/88)
In article <8806131147.aa22258@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> "MAJ ERIC S. FORD" <forde@eglin-vax.arpa> writes: > >A friend of mine from the local Apple Club has a PRO-APP 20 had drive which >recently began making strange noises (described as whining) and may be on >the verge of dying. It seems that the manufacturer/source of these drives >has gone the way of the dinosaur so I'm looking for anyone who has info on >who might be doing repair work on these systems. Any thoughts? Gosh, I hadn't even noticed the lack of ads in A+... I have a Proapp 20S drive (SCSI) and I hope the company still exists. I could have sworn I saw an ad for 'em in *some* magazine recently... David Whitney, MIT '90 Still learning about my Apple //GS {the known universe}!ihnp4!think!whitney and all of its secrets. Any and all whitney@think.com technical info appreciated. DISCLAIMER: If they only knew what I was doing and saying here...