18 Apr
2005
18 Apr
'05
11:50 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Wai-Sun Chia
Sent: 18 April 2005 18:40
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: OT? DLT4000 has come undone!!!
Help,
My Quantum DL4000 or DEC TZ88 has come undone...
IOW, the leader which snares the tape has come loose, and I
don't know how to wind it back... :-{
The mechanism has 6 heads; I tried to wind it around the
6-headed path, but the leader is not long enough, so it must
be wound around a shorter path...but which one??
The TZ88 doesn't have 6 heads, it has 6 guide rollers and 1 head. The pickup
leader must hook on the plastic tab at the back of the cartridge bay and
wind round all 6 guides before it hooks onto the takeup spool at the back of
the drive. If it's not long enough then it's snapped. If nobody else has a
drive easily to hand to dismantle I can get one off the shelf at work - part
of my job is repairing these things :)
cheers
a