6 Jul
2005
6 Jul
'05
10:33 p.m.
> Well, I finally got around to attempting to
re-spool this stupidly
> designed tape.
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
By driving the outside of the tape spools at a
constant speed
(that's what the belt and drive puck do), rather than turning the spools
themselves by their axles, that's exactly what you get.
I agree with Tony. It's a brilliant design in fact.
If the belts are dying at 1 to 5 years, OK, blame the
manufacturer. But if we're talking about 10+ year old tapes,
please -- replace them with new ones (tapes have a limited life)
or accept that they are vintage and stop whining. You're using
them well past their design life.