[BC] Cassette deck maintenance

[Steve Lewis]

I ran into the problem once.  I drilled a small hole in the 7200's platter
chamber and squirted a little 10W-30 in there.  The drive didn't want to
spin up quickly but after 5 minutes of warmup just got to 5400.

Pretty slick solution if you ask me.  Oh, and be sure to cover the hole on
the drive with  some quality duct tape.

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 From: Alan Peterson

I've got a modern hard drive that spins up at 7200 rpm. In the next room is
a computer with an older 5400 rpm hard drive. I'm sure if I play audio from
one onto the other, I will notice a pitch change of +/- 25%. 

Should I try Tom's oscillator tip to even things out before they become
problems?

Al Peterson
(waiting for someone to take the bait...hee-hee....)