Re: Cleaning tape streamers

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From: Dave Olson
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:30

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In <ssurawls.726776249@reading> ssurawls@susssys1.reading.ac.uk (Ian Rawlings) writes:

| I have an Archive Viper 150 meg tape streamer (DC6150 tapes, SCSI) and am
| wondering if I will need to clean the thing, if so, how often and how!

Archive's recommendation is every 30 hours of tape motion, but most
people go way past that.  There are cleaning cartridge that you
can buy, but most people use a quality isopropyl alcohol (*not*
rubbing alcohol!) or 'head cleaning solution' and a cleaning
swab that doesn't shed lint.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com

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Subject: Re: Cleaning tape streamers
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