On Jan 1, 9:01, Jerome Fine wrote:
> Hey - my first e-mail of the new millennium - somehow it seems
> no different. Happy New Year EVERYONE. May this year,
> decade, century and millennium bring us all what is truly best for
> the development of all lives on this planet.
Happy New Year, Jerome! (and everyone else, of course).
> I have been using a TK70 for about 6 months and yesterday, it
> gave up. The error is that it will not read or write, so I tend
> to assume that the head must be cleaned. Of course, it could
> be an electronic circuit, but the symptoms (a slow deterioration
> over about 3 tapes) suggest otherwise. Plus, I have the isopropyl
> cleaning fluid and a stock of cleaning swabs.
I have a similar situation with a TK50.
> However, having never done this before, I don't know how to achieve
> access to the head and if there are other parts to clean as well. The
> head is held down by two springs which allow the head to be gently
> raised. But only so far. Will it stretch the springs too much to lift
> the head high enough to be cleaned - or should the springs be
> detached first and how might that be done? Are there any other
> questions that I should be asking - that someone who has done this
> before knows about because they found out after the fact?
>
> Thank you in advance for any help. I assume that the procedure
> for a TK50 (of which I also have one) is about the same, but if
> not, please indicate if there are any differences between a TK50
> and a TK70 in regard to cleaning the head or anything else that
> a user would want to be aware of.
It's such a long time since I looked inside a TK<anything> that I can't
remember how to do this -- so I'd be interested too. BTW, does a standard
DLT cleaning tape work in a TK50/70? I can borrow one from work.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Hey - my first e-mail of the new millennium - somehow it seems
no different. Happy New Year EVERYONE. May this year,
decade, century and millennium bring us all what is truly best for
the development of all lives on this planet.
I have been using a TK70 for about 6 months and yesterday, it
gave up. The error is that it will not read or write, so I tend
to assume that the head must be cleaned. Of course, it could
be an electronic circuit, but the symptoms (a slow deterioration
over about 3 tapes) suggest otherwise. Plus, I have the isopropyl
cleaning fluid and a stock of cleaning swabs.
However, having never done this before, I don't know how to achieve
access to the head and if there are other parts to clean as well. The
head is held down by two springs which allow the head to be gently
raised. But only so far. Will it stretch the springs too much to lift
the head high enough to be cleaned - or should the springs be
detached first and how might that be done? Are there any other
questions that I should be asking - that someone who has done this
before knows about because they found out after the fact?
Thank you in advance for any help. I assume that the procedure
for a TK50 (of which I also have one) is about the same, but if
not, please indicate if there are any differences between a TK50
and a TK70 in regard to cleaning the head or anything else that
a user would want to be aware of.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
Having just surfaced after the fireworks and champagne party last night, I
thought I'd wish you all a Happy New Year, Happy New Millennium, and
welcome to the 21st century...
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
I'm looking for about 2 or 3 201/301 datasets, and at least one 801
Automatic Call Unit, and a few of the synchronous Bell datasets would be
nice also, I want to add dial-in capability to my Interdatas and
Perkin-Elmers.
Will J
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Anybody know the baudrate for the Hayes Chrono?
WOrdsize and parity would be nice to know, too.
ALso, is it DCE or DTE?
I would look at my electronic copy of the manual, but
it looks like it went to the bit-bucket . . .
Jeff
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