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From: espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac/Quantum 40/80 meg Drives
Message-ID: <14476@well.UUCP>
Date: 9 Nov 89 01:52:58 GMT
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In article <110300018@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>, mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> 
> 
> No, if they can't build them right to begin with, they have little
> hope of making them reliable with a retro-kludge. IBM tried this
> with their CMI drives - and it didn't work, they still die. The
> only cure is a whole new properly designed drive unit.
> 

	If Quantum is telling the truth, and the only problem with
the drives is the type of lubricant that was used, then it should
be possible to open the drives and re-lubricate them with a proper
lubricant.

	Peter Espen