On 10/04/2015 11:12 PM, Marc Verdiell wrote:
Anyone has the operation and service manual for the
9-track mag tape
drive Overland Data OD3201? Similar to a Qualstar, but seems
larger-faster-quieter-better. Just succeeded putting it online. This
one is unusual in its simplicity - it has both a Pertec and a
Parallel Port interface. Once I found the DOS software in a dark
corner of the Internet, I connected it to the parallel port of a my
vintage DOS machine and it worked straight out of the box. Look Ma,
no interface cards needed!
Reads and writes fine apparently. But it has the common ailment of
servo motor tape drives, it creeps a little bit at rest. So I
probably need to adjust a pot somewhere. Would be nice if I could
find the service manual, but no luck on Googling it up.
I've got a bunch of files that are Overland 32xx-related, but I don't
know if they'll be useful. I don't recall where I got them off the web,
but I'll be happy to forward them along. Probably close to 75MB worth.
I don't care much for the Overland desktop drives, due to the chassis
being constructed largely of plastic. Watch out for the foam in the lid
too--it degrades with age and then develops air leaks and suddenly, you
can't load a tape.
--Chuck