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Article #2212Re: How to get a stuck tape out of a TK50 drive?
From: Paul Vixie
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 1990 08:43
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 1990 08:43
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In article <27136E40.5A60@wilbur.coyote.trw.com> rudoff@mdi.com writes: # I have a SCSI TK50 drive that has a tape that cannot be ejected. I've # tried every combination of pressing the button and shutting it off an # on, and the tape refuses to budge. I'm afraid I might have to open up # the box. # # Does anyone have any helpful suggestions? You'll have to pull the drive. Call your field servoid if you have a contract -- they hate it when you open the box. If you don't have a contract, yank it apart and work the mechanism by hand until you find the lever that releases the tape lock. It's not hard, most TK50 owners around here do this about once a month, if they got an early drive. Cheers, -- Paul Vixie DEC Western Research Lab <vixie@wrl.dec.com> Palo Alto, California ...!decwrl!vixie
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!vixie From: vixie@wrl.dec.com (Paul Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: How to get a stuck tape out of a TK50 drive? Message-ID: <1990Oct13.084331.12693@wrl.dec.com> Date: 13 Oct 90 08:43:31 GMT References: <27136E40.5A60@wilbur.coyote.trw.com> Sender: news@wrl.dec.com (News) Organization: DEC Western Research Lab Lines: 19