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From: tsouth@pro-pac.cts.COM (Todd South)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: PRO-APP Drives
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Date: 14 Jun 88 10:47:20 GMT
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"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

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