3 Apr
2008
3 Apr
'08
8:11 p.m.
On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:14 PM, John Foust wrote:
Where to get repairs? I have tools, test equipment, and a service
manual for my HP 88780... ;)
The 88780 is a fairly modern device as 9-track drives go. It has
extensive onboard diagnostic capability. Do you have the docs to be
able to go through the test procedures? That should narrow things
down quite a bit for that tape drive at least. I'll be doing that
soon myself.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
It seems that
all of my 9-track drives are nonfunctional now. At
least two of them worked when put into storage; I'm very displeased.
I've given up on them for the moment and am going to try to get a
TK50 or TK70 working in the system.
I mentioned this place back on 5/06, but I'll ask again.
Where do you get repairs on old 9-tracks?
Back then I'd bought an M4 9914, an Overland Data 5622, and an HP
88780
in the hopes that one would work but none did.
After a few months of trying, I eventually exchanged emails and
a phone call with http://www.comco-inc.com/ in the hope of getting
one of them fixed. I never bit the bullet on shipping and
repair costs, though.