17 Aug
1999
17 Aug
'99
2:06 p.m.
> Christian
Fandt <cfandt(a)netsync.net> 08/17 5:42 PM >>>
Do I assume correctly
you have an only copy of a very important OS tape or
something just as critical you're unfortunately trying to repair? 
17 Aug
17 Aug
4:27 p.m.
Whoa! Original IBM 5100 tapes! I'll gladly donate some new 3M tapes if you'll
make copies of your stuff for me and my 5100.
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. I do have numerous
other tapes, although only a few blank IBM's. The problem doesn't appear to
affect the Scotch tapes, which is what I have most of.
Thanks.
The problem doesn't appear to affect the Scotch
tapes, which is what I have most of.
Funny, I found that in the DC-1000 tapes, the HPs were the worst. The DEC tapes almost
never fail.
Joe
At 07:06 PM 8/17/99 -0700, you wrote:
> Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)netsync.net> 08/17
5:42 PM >>>
Do I assume correctly you have an only copy of a very important
OS tape or
something just as critical you're unfortunately trying to repair? 
18 Aug
18 Aug
12:37 a.m.
Upon the date 07:06 PM 8/17/99 -0700, Wayne Smith said something like:
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.
Oooh, ouch! Bet those tapes are hard to find (!). Definitely worth trying
to fix at least the diag tape.
> Christian Fandt <cfandt(a)netsync.net> 08/17
5:42 PM >>>
Do I assume correctly you have an only copy of a very important
OS tape or
something just as critical you're unfortunately trying to repair? I do have numerous other tapes, although only a few
blank IBM's. The
problem doesn't appear to affect the Scotch tapes, which is what I have most
of.
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.)
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net
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