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Pulling the secondary drive out of the rack takes an unusual amount of
force. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as they get dragged
forward. After struggling for a bit, Jack finally reaches the point
where the top cover and the empty compartment for a removable platter
are fully exposed. He undoes the thumb screws holding the assembly in
place, then he slides it forward and lifts it out, revealing the
circuit boards, motor, and the spindle with fixed platters beneath.
A fine silver line along the edge in the otherwise brown coating of the
upper-most platter shows where one of the heads had crashed &ndash;
a deep scratch but, with a bit of luck, this might still be recoverable.
He undoes two more thumb screws on the inside and the face plate of the
drive comes off. Using a crank-driven flashlight <span class="comment">
Is that the right way to describe this?</span> that he had found in one
of the desk cabinets, he inspects the three platters: The one on top
turns out to be the outlier, both of the other platters have thick
silver-y white stripes lining their edges.
Jack stands bowed down in front of the half-height rack, pulling on
the handles of the secondary hard drive. It takes an unusual amount
of force to pull out. The crunchy bearings scratch on the rails as
they get dragged forward. He struggles for a while but, eventually,
he gets the drive far enough out to fully expose the top cover with
its compartment for a removable platter.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Anything in here? ... nope.</span><br />
He undoes the thumb screws holding the assembly in place and lifts it
out, revealing the the spindle with fixed platters, circuit boards, and
the motor beneath.
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He takes a close look at the upper-most platter. The brown surface
coating is perfectly smooth &ndash; apart from an almost invisibly fine
groove along its edge. Most likely the result of a crashed head but it
looks like it might still be salvageable. He undoes two more thumb screws
on the inside and the drive&apos;s front cover comes off. To get a better
look, he takes the lamp off the desk and places it on the floor,
pointing it at the drive. The light reveals an ugly surprise: The other
three platters on the spindle get progressively worse. The second one
has a deep silver groove, the one below has two grooves, and the last
platter has a thick, silver-y white stripe lining its edge.<br />
<span class="quote speech">Well, there goes that pipe dream.</span>
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<p>
Jack puts the drive back together. Hopefully, he will get the manual for
the door from Annie, otherwise he&apos;ll have to dig his way out of the
bunker somehow. <span class="quote speech">But enough of that for
now</span>, Jack thinks and puts the thought aside for a while. Now, he
needs a way to entertain himself until the evening.
Jack puts the drive back together and pushes it back into the rack.
Hopefully, Annie can get him the manual for the door, otherwise
he&apos;ll have to somehow dig his way out of the bunker.
<span class="quote non-speech">But enough of that for now</span>,
Jack thinks and puts the thought aside for a while. Now, he needs a way
to entertain himself until the evening.
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This has been moved here from chapter 1 &quot;Wake Up&quot;. It should
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$ cd outpost
$ ls
comms comms_diag event logbook
$ cat logbook &gt; /dev/ttyS1
$ cat logbook &gt; /dev/lp0
$ &#9608;
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