9-Track Magtape Drive ID

[Henk Gooijen]

Van: Mark J. Blair via cctalk<mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Verzonden: zondag 2 juni 2019 00:25
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Onderwerp: Re: 9-Track Magtape Drive ID

> On Jun 1, 2019, at 14:57, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Is this the system that was on Reddit?

Yes. I’ll be fetching it next weekend. I’m excited! I wonder if the hard drive is still usable, and if there is anything interesting on it?

By a chance meeting with my neighbor today, I learned he has a bunch of pallet racking from a defunct business he emptied out. He offered that I could go grab some for myself. He also mentioned that he planned to bring some to his farm next door to me before he sells off the rest. Since I’m planning to rent a truck next weekend anyway, I offered to help out by hauling for both of us in exchange for taking a skim off the top of the pile. It’ll be a busy weekend!

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Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net

Mark, you probably know …
It is best to get a truck with a tail lift. Then you can roll the entire rack into the truck.
No hassle with disassembly and making notoes how everything was routed.
BTW, the disk drive in the bottom is *heavy*. You could lift it by yourself, but that
Is not very clever. Better lift it with two persons. The same goed for the Kennedy
tape drive – heavy!  And the 11/34, in a 10.5” box will be heavy at the rear side
where the transformer and power supplies are.
So, disassembly will give you 3 heavy items best lifted by 2 guys. Leaving it in the
rack and pay a bit more for a truck with tail lift, is a wise decision for your back!

Regarding the rubber rings on the hubs of the tape drive, I remember that somebody
once told that when the rubber tension is weak (because the ring diameter got a bit
bigger, you can get the ring back to its original shape by putting it in warm water.
Worth a try if needed …

Henk, PA8PDP