[Coco] Cleaning old 5.25" floppy drives

[jdaggett at gate.net]

The heads, i my opinion, are best cleaned with a cotton swab and 
isopropal alcohol. I use Walgreen's 90% alcohol and not the run of 
th emill 70% varieties. Evaporates with less residue. Use that to 
clean my optics for astronomy also.

Caustion is to not get the swap too full of alcohol and not to press 
hard against the heads. Just a light gentle rub, almost the weight of 
the swap itself. 

james

On 26 Jun 2006 at 17:20, Jim Cox wrote:

> I have rescued a few 5.25" floppy drives and would like to 
> use them for working with the CoCo and other projects. 
>  Most are 1.2M drives, but there are a few 360K drives.
> 
> What is the best way to clean these?  I of course will be 
> dusting them with canned air, but how should I clean the 
> heads?  What else should I look out for?
> 
> -Jim Cox
> http://www.miba51.com/
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