Can you give me a model number? I have a few piles of old Apple stuff but I know almost nothing about it (I am not an Apple Lover) - I just kept them because I can't dump nice electronics Concerning this pitch roller behavior of turning into some kind of tar... Does anyone know what's the reason? I scrapped this afternoon a dozen of multi-track recorders (no panic, they were without any value, except for some nice Papst outer-rotor motors) and all their pitchrollers looked like melted gr. Luc -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]Namens Al Kossow Verzonden: zaterdag 30 augustus 2003 18:12 Aan: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Onderwerp: anyone have a working Apple 40 meg tape drive? It appears that the Apple 40 meg tape drives have the same problem that HP's have.. the pinch rollers (same color as HP's) instantly turn to goo if you try to use them, even though they look fine. Does anyone have a known working drive that I can borrow to read a couple of tapes?