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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Aligning MAC disk drives
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Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 08:35:20 EST
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This anti-cleaning argument has also been going on in the IBM PC world
for years.  In my observation, the sentiment comes from the existence of
kits that use various kinds of swabs to clean the heads; these result
in damage to the heads if misused.  The ones with rotating pads appear
to be a different story: I've been using one of those regularly for as
long as I've owned my IBM PC (ever since they first came out), and have
experienced no damage whatsoever, even on my TM100-4 drive (which requires
much more precise alignment due to the smaller head).

It seems that the dealers are the ones who always recommend not using the
cleaning kits; the same dealers who offer "preventive maintenance" services.
It is unlikely that a company who manufactures floppy disks would market
head cleaning kits as well if they damaged the drives, since it would be
a risk to their reputation as a floppy disk manufacturer as well.  I
generally buy those, and avoid the discount-house kits.
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