14 Jun
2001
14 Jun
'01
8:43 a.m.
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
I thought judicious cleaning of the tape head might
help. I kept trying, no luck. Then I started to drink.
As the alcohol took affect, I got a wild idea. My
drive is a Cipher F880 streamer. You can slide it
out of the rack tray, and if you enter the right
sequence of button presses, you can unlock the
front door, and even better, the top lid, which
provides access to the tape path during operation.
<...>
Has anyone else ever tried this? I know what you're
thinking, flaky jerk, getting drunk and burning up
vintage hardware. But it worked! I spent a few hours
looking at the files to make sure they were intact;
they were. I transferred some of them, but not all,
as I don't have a transfer program to get stuff off
the Prime right now (other than to simply list it
and capture the listing).
Some of my finest thoughts have come from under the influence of a fine
alcoholic beverage. Also, some of my worst. But the benefits of the good
thoughts far outweigh the bad :)
I commend you on "thinking outside the box" ;)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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