4 Dec
2009
4 Dec
'09
7:50 p.m.
On 4 Dec 2009 at 13:31, Brian Lanning wrote:
I don't know how many times I've opened those
QIC cartridges and
crazy-glued the tape back onto the reel after blowing the dust out of
the drive. They didn't want their data back. They were just too
cheap to buy new cartridges. :-/
Back when I was just starting to fool with floppy QIC drives, I had
a terrible time with the tape despooling. Fortunately, 3M had a
working customer-service number and one got to talk with a real human
who actually knew something.
When I called, the fellow on the other end said that a "surfactant
solution" could be used to slightly moisten the loose end of the tape
to stick it to the hub so that the tape could be wound onto it.
When I asked him what exactly was meant by "surfactant solution", he
said "saliva will do just fine".
And so it did.
--Chuck