10 Nov
2014
10 Nov
'14
2:44 a.m.
to change the subject yet again, be careful with that tu58 eugene! the
rubber rollers seem to have desintegrated into som gum or glue. stick in
a known good tape and it will be ruined forever.
I have been thinking about making an Arduino sketch to generate the
blocks for a new tape, but a olivetti programma 101 with quirks and a
pdp8 with faulty core are standing in queu before that...
On 10-11-14 01:04, shadoooo wrote:
Hello,
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Met vriendelijke Groet,
Simon Claessen
drukknop.nl
I haven't booted my machine up yet, because
it hasn't been able to
read any of its console tapes.
I have too a lot of tapes, complete and uncomplete sets of software
installation tapes,
plus two/three console versions and some with unknown content.
The problem is, many of them suffer from sticky rubber on tape (if you
try to move the rubber leader,
it will create blank spots on tape, removing the magnetic oxide substrate).
Other have a broken band. I read somewhere around, it is possible to
detach the rubber band using hot air,
and replace it with some sort of PVC strings. I would need a lot of time
to try something... but the bigger problem is not this...
I don't have a TU58 to be used on the desk to try to read the tapes, and
even better to assembl?e a new firmware allowing to format
blank tapes.
I'm trying to buy some piece of hardware since a lot of time... no luck
so far.
If anybody has a TU58, or parts, please let me know.
Andrea