Yeah at this point pop it open, unlock the heads (the white cam down at
the base there, trip it) and get the heads to move. They should smoothly
move with a bit of effort. Then fire it up and see if anything works.
I'm going to run this one for a bit in the backup pdp11 here, see if it
runs if
I’d just like to say that 25 years ago, RD53’s were *EVIL*. I do have one that
I should try taking apart. I failed to back it up the first time I powered it
on. It didn’t boot the second time.
ESDI or SCSI is the way to go, at least that was true 20-25 years ago. Today
I’d be inclined to sa
