[DECtec] [HECnet] TK50 issues

[Cory Smelosky]

On Sat, 17 May 2014, Johnny Billquist wrote:

I got the one perfectly cleaned...but the motor appears to be failing at
times and putting a cartridge in seals its fate.   If I start using it
beyond the first foot or so I'd be fine...so long as I never want to
REMOVE the cartridge.

A bit odd. I don't remember ever having that problem. I've had drives that occasionally decided to not give the cartridge back, and I have had to extract them and manually rewind the tape in (boring as hell), but after some mucking around I've normally gotten them working again.
But the TK50 is not the best design around, and the operation is confusing. The TK70 is better... And TK50 exists in different firmware revisions, and some are quirkier than others.


Agreed with the operation being confusing. ;)

I think I'm going to end up just cleaning a DAT drive and shoving RSTS/E install media on that.

	Johnny



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