17 Jul
2002
17 Jul
'02
11:44 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Frank Palazzolo wrote:
2) Anyone know who could tackle repairing such a
thing? I've had no
trouble fixing electrical problems, but tape drives are a whole
different animal...
I've basically examined 4 of these units and they all have mechanical
problems. Emulating the system may prove to be the only way to ever see
the software running.
Does there appear to be a common failure for all 4 drives? I'd have to
guess (without seeing the drives anyway) that they failed simply because
they need maintenance. Tapes drives in general are highly failure prone
anyway, due to their inherent design.
-Toth