18 Feb
1999
18 Feb
'99
6:56 a.m.
At 10:48 AM 2/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
On Thursday, February 18, 1999 4:58 AM, Joe
[SMTP:rigdonj@intellistar.net]
wrote:
Don't try to use the drive with a "gooy" wheel. The goo gets into the
tape and sticks it together then when you try the tape in a good drive, the
tape stickes to itself and the drive breaks it.
At 04:09 PM 2/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
with
Michael,
Are those belts problematic?
Yes, the belts and the drive wheel for the tape drives disintegrate age.
Looking at my machine, I can see that the drive wheel for the tape drive is
pretty funky. I haven't tried to use it (don't have a cartridge) but, it'll
probably fail.
Is there a common source for drive wheels?
NO, but I've been working on finding a way to rebuild them. Partial
success so far.
What about the cartridges?
They can be found. There were some on E-bay recently. They turn up at
hamfest and surplus outlets.
Joe
Thanks,
Steve Robertson - <steverob(a)hotoffice.com>