Well, as I've not found anyone willing to come and get a 3480 tape drive unit from me, I've taken one apart and am planning on selling the 'useful' bits from it. I still have two drive units completely un-touched, so if you're interested in them, drop me a line. I'm not looking to get much money, just enough to cover what I paid for it. So far, I have available: 2x 3480 Tape drives.. the actual 'drive' taken out of the unit. 1x 3480 drive unit power supply 1x 3480 drive 'air pump' motor + filter + air tubing.. a 1/3HP, 250VAC motor with an 'air pump' assembly on it, along with the IBM air filter assembly and whatever teflon (?) clear tubing that came out of the drive unit. 1x 3480 tape drive unit 'display' that has the main 'user-controls' for the drive on it. 1x 3480 A22 tape controller 'logic boards unit'.... the set of logic boards, backplane, and cable from the 3480's controller. Bunches of custom IBM chips and weird-ass cables (don't know the real name, look like a 16pin(?) DIP socket stuck on one of those plastic with metal traces ribbon-cables. 2x 3480 B22 tape drive units, complete. If I don't get any responses, I plan to (attempt) to get rid of the drives on eBay, disassemble the power supplies for parts, try and sell the motors to industrial suplus dealers, and save the displays for who-knows-what. Try and contact me ASAP, if there's interest I can hold onto something for a while if need-be. -- Pat West Lafayette, IN, USA