MicroVAX 3100 Problem

| Well, a TZ30 is a little over an inch high, has a 'slidder bar' on the | bottom below the tape slot for ejecting the tape. It has three lights and | a push button on the side. The butten is to tell the system you're ready | to kick the tape out and that it needs to let go of the leeder. | | The three lights are labeled: | Write Protect | Tape in Use | Operate Lever | | I strongly suspect this is the drive you have. BTW, are you using tapes | that say "CompacTape", also known as TK50's? | Yes to both. Its is as you suspect a TZ30 drive using TK50 tapes. It is likely that Allison is correct that the tape mmount has failed because I do not remember any activity noises from the drive after the initial tape load, I am not familiar enough with the drive to know whether the initial 'whirrings' sounded right or not. Regards Pete