6 Sep
1999
6 Sep
'99
11:52 a.m.
At 12:27 06-09-1999 -0500, you wrote:
Hi everyone...
I was given a MicroVax II over the weekend...looks like it'll be
something really interesting to work with once I get it running. :-)
MV-II's run NetBSD (a free Unix) pretty well. Visit www.netbsd.org for
details.
It's got a TK50 drive in it with a tape in the
drive that won't come
out. From what I remember of the TK50s, you push the red button in,
wait for the green light to come on, and then pull the lever under the
tape upwards to eject it. Unfortunately, I don't hear any tape noises
Actually, that's backwards. The red button gets popped OUT to rewind and
unload the tape. Once that cycle completes, the green light comes on and
you can lift the handle.
Others have already detailed the necessary steps for removing dud tapes.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
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Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77
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