Closeup of the read-write head, showing white ceramic and black iron core for the coils.

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   root42 (root42@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 05:11:47 JST root42

   But I won't give up quite yet. If the motors work, and if the head is good (it measures fine), maybe we can restore this thing and/or use the mechanism on the other drive. This will require partial disassembly of the mechanism and lots of scrubbing, oiling and lubrication.