Accessing a TK50 or TK70 from RT

[Lionel Johnson]

On 14/06/2016 4:40 AM, Jerry Weiss wrote:
>> On Jun 13, 2016, at 12:55 PM, Rod Smallwood <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
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>> On 13/06/2016 17:20, Rod Smallwood wrote:
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>>> I just had a thought is the magnet in a microwave cooker magnetron permanent or electro?
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> A rare earth magnet savaged from a disk drive or a banned child toy (aka BuckyBalls) might be more effective.
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> Jerry
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When I worked on this gear, we kept a magnet assy from a CDC 9762 80mb 
drive under the bench in a safe place, and used it to bulk-erase any 
tapes as needed. The magnets from a RA81 failed cartridge are very small 
and powerful, will do nicely. I keep a few in my workshop for gen duty 
screw pickup, etc.

Lionel.