18 Aug
1999
18 Aug
'99
3:37 a.m.
Upon the date 07:06 PM 8/17/99 -0700, Wayne Smith said something like:
Yes. I have four original IBM 5100 data tapes (1 diagnostic and 3 BASIC
Aided Instruction) all of which have broken belts. Age has taken its toll.
Oooh, ouch! Bet those tapes are hard to find (!). Definitely worth trying
to fix at least the diag tape.
> Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)netsync.net> 08/17
5:42 PM >>>
Do I assume correctly you have an only copy of a very important
OS tape or
something just as critical you're unfortunately trying to repair? I do have numerous other tapes, although only a few
blank IBM's. The
problem doesn't appear to affect the Scotch tapes, which is what I have most
of.
Hmmm, wonder if it would be practical to take a very good condition 3M
cart, dismantle it to bits and take the media from the defective IBM cart
and install it into the 3M cart. Of course, the spools will be different so
the media would have to be unwound from the old and wound onto the new. It
would take a _long_ period of time and a whole heap o' patience to do this
but it's a thought that came to mind. (I'm figuring the mechanical diffs
between the two sets of small parts would not allow simply installing a 3M
belt into the IBM cart.)
Regards, Chris
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