Very important: Restoration of an Onyx Systems C8002 - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Jul 2004

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  Moreover,serveral tapes are corroded.

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 There were many different recording formats used with DC300 style
 tape cartridges before the QIC standards were established. Onyx
 tapes predate those standards. Assuming the tape itself isn't 
 damaged, you can put the reels into new shells. You will need to
 use a DEI drive to read them.  
The shells are ok, the tapes themselves are corroded. I'm not very optimistic about
these, but we'll see. 

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 As I keep telling people, DON'T EXPERIMENT WITH TAPES YOU CARE
 ABOUT WITH DRIVES IN UNKNOWN CONDITION! 
Until now, I haven't tried to read the tapes :-)

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 It sounds like the capstan was bad in the unit, try some other
 cart you don't care about before risking these tapes (which are
 quite rare) in that drive. 
That's the reason I bought new ones to test the drive, in case the Onyx works.

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 It would be a good thing to take high resolution pics of the boards
 and to dump any programmable parts. 
I can take pictures next week and put them online.
But why should I dump the programmable parts ?

Pierre

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