18 Feb
1999
18 Feb
'99
3:50 a.m.
More requests for belts are still arriving; by Sunday evening I will
tally the totals and place the order monday morning.
Costs will be the list price; shipping costs will be determined by
postage in the U.S. I expect to use first-class mail for a few belts
and third-class for larger quantities. I will e-mail each of you
who order with the total amount.
The question below concerns the capstan rubber. I have simply
rubbed off the bad rubber, smoothed out the capstan surface, applied
contact cement and recoated with an appropriate strip of firm rubber
diagionally cut to minimize the impact of the splice.
Dig around in household items to find examples of rubber approx. 1mm
thick.
Michael Grigoni
Cybertheque Museum
Steve Robertson wrote:
On Thursday, February 18, 1999 4:58 AM, Joe [SMTP:rigdonj@intellistar.net]
wrote:
At 04:09 PM 2/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
with
Michael,
Are those belts problematic?
Yes, the belts and the drive wheel for the tape drives disintegrate age.
Looking at my machine, I can see that the drive wheel for the tape drive is
pretty funky. I haven't tried to use it (don't have a cartridge) but, it'll
probably fail.
Is there a common source for drive wheels?
What about the cartridges?
Thanks,
Steve Robertson - <steverob(a)hotoffice.com>