Tandy 1000 Technical Reference Manual

Tandy 1000
4-3-2. Direct Cleaning (Single sided FDD only)
Technical Reference Manual
This cleaning method is applied only to a single sided FDD.
If this method is applied to a double sided FDD, gimballed mechanism
of the head might be damaged.
If visible dirt is on the head surface when the head pad arm is lifted
up manually during maintenance, perfo~ direct cleaning as follows:
(A) Equipment
(1) Absolute alcohol (Ethanol)
(2) Cotton swab or gauze
(B) Cleaning procedure
(1) Lightly dampen a cotton swab or a gauze with alcohol.
(2) Lift up the pad arm (see Fig.412) and clean the head surface carefully
with the cotton swab or the gauze.
Note: Do not touch the pad surface.
(3) Wipe the head surface with clean dry cloth after the evaporation of the
alcohol.
(4) After confirming that the dirt is cleaned off and no fluff is left on
the head surface, let the pad arm down carefully.
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Tandy 1000 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel 8088
Processor Speed	4.77 MHz
RAM	128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
Operating System	MS-DOS 2.11
Manufacturer	Tandy Corporation
Release Year	1984
Storage	Single or double 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB), optional hard drive
Sound	Tandy 3-voice sound
Ports	Parallel, Serial
Graphics	CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
Graphics Modes	320x200, 640x200