What do you people use for tape cleaning ?

There was mention in the previous message of a rotting feed roller. If you have a rotten one, I doubt sandpaper is going to help in the long-run. You will need to replace it. I had a bad drive roller in my Data General cartridge tape drive a couple of years ago. The drive worked a couple of times, then the roller disintigrated and ate a couple of tapes before I realized. I found a replacement roller in one of the output rollers from my Epson Action Printer 3250. I removed this roller from the action printer, streached it over the body of a ballpoint pen, then removed the nose from the pen. After cutting off the gooey old drive roller and cleaning the stem with iso alcohol and fingernail polish remover, I placed the flat nose of the pen body against the shaft and slid my replacement roller on. Works like a charm. Regards,, Jeff -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey S. Worley President Complete Computer Services, Inc. 30 Greenwood Rd. Asheville, NC 28803 828-277-5959 Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com THETechnoid(a)home.com -----------------------------------------------------------