1 Sep
2015
1 Sep
'15
2:36 p.m.
Has anyone else come across this? My TK70 wouldn't eject, and having not
had one before, I didn't know just how tactile the unload button should be.
After further examination and prodding, I determined that the button was
pretty much stuck and refused to come out.
Taking the front off and exposing the board indicated that the button seems
to originally have been rubber, which is now a nice black tarry goo. I
think I can replace the button with a standard tactile push button, this
time without any rubbery material.
Hopefully that's my only issue.
http://i.imgur.com/9Fqb0SB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/AxstKpq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/PCFCfwH.jpg
Kyle
2 Sep
2 Sep
1:14 p.m.
I fixed the button (replaced it with a standard push button), but it still
doesn't want to eject my TK50 tape I put in. Blinks all three LEDs. It
looks relatively dust-free inside. I may can get some canned air and blow
it out better, but besides that, is there any more debugging I can do, even
from the >>> prompt or VMS? I can get a video
showing the tape motion.
Seems to load without issue, but it doesn't really
start winding back upon
pressing the unload button.
Thanks,
Kyle
1:20 p.m.
I fixed the button (replaced it with a standard push button), but it still
doesn't want to eject my TK50 tape I put in. Blinks all three LEDs. It
looks relatively dust-free inside. I may can get some canned air and blow
it out better, but besides that, is there any more debugging I can do, even
from the >>> prompt or VMS? I can get a video showing the tape motion.
Seems to load without issue, but it doesn't really start winding back upon
pressing the unload button.
If the tape has data on it, is is most likely in VMS BACKUP format. You may
be able to list the contents with something like:
$ BACKUP /NOASSIST /LIST MUA0: /REWIND
You might be able to unload the tape with:
$ DISMOUNT /UNLOAD MUA0:
but you would have to successfully mount it first, either explicitly with
something like:
$ MOUNT /NOASSIST /FOREIGN MUA0:
or implicitly by using the BACKUP /LIST command above.
Regards,
Peter Coghlan.
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