Date   : Sat, 17 May 1997 12:50:31 +0200
From   : "Mark Usher" <marku@...>
Subject: Re: The Beloved Beeb and Disc Drives (cont....)

> Have you given the drive heads a clean? They can get covered in all sorts
> of crap, mostly oxide from the floppies.
> 
> Get one of those cleaning kits fom a computer store and give the drive
> several good cleans and that my sort it out.

The 3 1/2 drive is brand new, been used for 2 days in a PC, with about 3
disks, so I can't see that causing the problem :-(, but thanks for the
reminder to spring clean the older 5 1/4 's.  An old trick is cotton buds
and Vodka.

Mark