Post #2959424
2026-05-12 01:13 UTC
a single-sided 3.5" drive head is something you don't see every day. they were never that common.
Replies (4)
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@tubetime@mastodon.social 2026-05-12 01:15
i'm taking it apart this far because the drive mech needs to be cleaned and relubricated. the old grease hardens and makes the mechanism go sticky, so you'll be able to insert a disk, but when you try to remove it, it'll tear the head right off!
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@mwichary@mastodon.online 2026-05-12 01:14
@tubetime@mastodon.social Is that like… 360KB capacity?
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@nblr@chaos.social 2026-05-12 01:43
@tubetime@mastodon.social Does it take “common” 3,5” disks? Or were there disks you could flip over?
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@brouhaha@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 04:30
@tubetime@mastodon.social Apple sold tons of 3.5" single-sided drives (Sony mechanism, but special for Apple, because... Apple.) They were uncommon in PCs.