As it turns out I won't be trying this out today...
Now I've got a working system 6 floppy. That's great.
But the images from Slomacuser are for 800k disks but the .dsk is slightly bigger (I need 22k more...)
So I need a 1.44 Mb disk to transfer the images over to system 6. So I need a Superdrive and my current SE/30, because of its hard drive problem can't use system 6. I can't unplug the scsi cable from the hard disk either because it will then lock itself.
SO I need another Superdrive. Lucky me, I've got another SE/30 which I'm restoring. But now it's in various pieces. When I'm through with the retrobright job and the bezel problem, I'll resume my work.
About the SE/30's floppy drive: The floppy I used was really bad, so bad the black stuff from the surface came off, and ended up on the heads.
I tried with 90% Alcohol and Q-tip but it didn't do a thing. Afterwards, I realised how much of a problem it would have been if I got the heads out of their alignment (I've learnt my lesson). I bought the cleaning floppy set from Japan and after just one try it worked as it did before.
About the Plus' floppy drive: I never cleaned it. I was thinking about using the same floppy set. But as you mention, it's maybe better to perform a full service to that one at least.
I will have a look at the system folder now. It is quite packed and there are a lot of things, some I've never heard of... I'll come up with a list of those, try to google them and if I don't find them anywhere I will ask you guys about them.
Now I've got a working system 6 floppy. That's great.
But the images from Slomacuser are for 800k disks but the .dsk is slightly bigger (I need 22k more...)
So I need a 1.44 Mb disk to transfer the images over to system 6. So I need a Superdrive and my current SE/30, because of its hard drive problem can't use system 6. I can't unplug the scsi cable from the hard disk either because it will then lock itself.
SO I need another Superdrive. Lucky me, I've got another SE/30 which I'm restoring. But now it's in various pieces. When I'm through with the retrobright job and the bezel problem, I'll resume my work.
About the SE/30's floppy drive: The floppy I used was really bad, so bad the black stuff from the surface came off, and ended up on the heads.
I tried with 90% Alcohol and Q-tip but it didn't do a thing. Afterwards, I realised how much of a problem it would have been if I got the heads out of their alignment (I've learnt my lesson). I bought the cleaning floppy set from Japan and after just one try it worked as it did before.
About the Plus' floppy drive: I never cleaned it. I was thinking about using the same floppy set. But as you mention, it's maybe better to perform a full service to that one at least.
I will have a look at the system folder now. It is quite packed and there are a lot of things, some I've never heard of... I'll come up with a list of those, try to google them and if I don't find them anywhere I will ask you guys about them.