9 Nov
2006
9 Nov
'06
3:03 p.m.
I've been talking with someone (the gentleman in Canada who has the
: A/UX
1.0 media (medium? it's just one tape...))
about getting his drive operational again (gummed
roller). We've
gotten as far as replacing the capstan with a similarly-
sized piece of tubing, and now he's having problems with the tape
coming off the reels (no problems on another DC2000
(I think) style drive) I'm at a loss (can't see the setup, either).
Any ideas? I've gone over the loose bands problem with him,
and it isn't that.
My first thought is the EOT sensor (the optical sensor that detects the
hole in the tape). Maybe it's just clogged up with dirt, maybe it's
electrically malfunctioning. There's normally an IR LED and
phototransistor, one mounted in a block alongside the head, the other at
the bottom of the drive (there's a 45 degree mirror in the cartridge).
-tony