18 Jun
2005
18 Jun
'05
3:36 p.m.
At 01:58 PM 6/18/05 -0700, you wrote:
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Joe R. wrote:
Or if you want to read any pack with existing data. Personally if I only
had one pack and one drive I wouldn't waste my time with the drive.
Joe
It's 2005, not 1975, and that probably no
shouldn't be TOO hard to find replacements.
But an alignment disk will cost
about $300 and you'll need to service manual for the drive in order to
realign it after replacing the head. I don't know what heads cost these
days but they were about $100 each back in the mid 70s.
I disagree on the alignment requirement. It's needed only for pack
interchangability. longer matters. Use a tape, or ftp :-)