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Edward J.M. Colbert (colbert@astro.umd.edu) wrote:
> Hi,

> I own a Colorado DJ20 (Jumbo 250) which reads and writes DC2120 tapes in QIC-80
> format.  Just today it did some very strange things and I am trying to figure 
> out what to do next.  I have 3 tapes which it rewound (off spool) and gave me 
> error 99 (0a) which is
>   Broken tape or tape sensor -- remove tape from drive.  Discard tape if
>   broken or spooled off.
> So I re-spooled one of the the tapes (what a bugger of a job!) and tried 
> again.  It unspooled the tape again.   So I re-spooled again and wound the
> tape about 1/4 of the way, and it again unspooled the tape, each time with
> the same error.

> I need the data from these tapes.  Could it be a problem with the drive
> instead?  It's about 4 years old and I don't think I ever cleaned the heads,
> but I've only written/read about 9 tapes.  If the tapes sensor is screwed
> up, how can I get the data off these tapes?

This is probably nothing worse than dust on the sensor in the tape
drive. Open the machine up and give it a good clean.

--
Malcolm S. Muir
Sunderland
England