DC300 Tape Repair - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

18 Aug 1999

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 >> Christian Fandt &lt;cfandt(a)netsync.net&gt;
08/18 5:37 AM >>> 
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 >Yes.  I have four original IBM 5100 data tapes (1
diagnostic and 3 BASIC 
>Aided Instruction) all of which have broken belts.  Age has taken its toll.   
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 Oooh, ouch! Bet those tapes are hard to find (!).
Definitely worth trying
to fix at least the diag tape. 
I have an extra diag. tape, but I haven't run it in a while.  The first thing I'll
do is copy it.

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 Hmmm, wonder if it would be practical to take a very
good condition 3M
cart, dismantle it to bits and take the media from the defective IBM cart
and install it into the 3M cart. Of course, the spools will be different so
the media would have to be unwound from the old and wound onto the new. It
would take a _long_  period of time and a whole heap o' patience to do this
but it's a thought that came to mind.  (I'm figuring the mechanical diffs
between the two sets of small parts would not allow simply installing a 3M
belt into the IBM cart.) 
I think I'd have to take the belt off to do this in any case, so it probably makes
more sense just to replace the belt.

Thanks, Wayne.

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