[sdiy] Tonewheel questions

[Robotboy8 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/31/2004 2:06:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
1984 at softhome.net writes:

> With a bit of patience (and a stable pair of hands) it could be made in
> a broken hard disk. The 3-phase disk motor driver IC never blow (almost)
> It should be a matter of time and a good pair of eyes to locate which
> pcb traces to cut and which to pull up to keep it turned ON all the time.
> I think the older the HD the better (more ICs - separated tasks, as
> those 20...40MB ones).

I feel bad now... my computer has a 15 or so gig hard drive in it right now.  
(though that's one of the older parts in it, it's got a fairly new Athlon 
processor and 256 megs ram).

I like the printer suggestion though.  I figure I can get a usably high 
frequency by having more variations in the wheel itself.
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