OT? DLT4000 has come undone!!!

[Adrian Graham]

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> From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org 
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Wai-Sun Chia
> Sent: 18 April 2005 18:40
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: OT? DLT4000 has come undone!!!
> 
> Help,
> My Quantum DL4000 or DEC TZ88 has come undone...
> IOW, the leader which snares the tape has come loose, and I 
> don't know how to wind it back... :-{
> 
> The mechanism has 6 heads; I tried to wind it around the 
> 6-headed path, but the leader is not long enough, so it must 
> be wound around a shorter path...but which one??

The TZ88 doesn't have 6 heads, it has 6 guide rollers and 1 head. The pickup
leader must hook on the plastic tab at the back of the cartridge bay and
wind round all 6 guides before it hooks onto the takeup spool at the back of
the drive. If it's not long enough then it's snapped. If nobody else has a
drive easily to hand to dismantle I can get one off the shelf at work - part
of my job is repairing these things :)
 
cheers

a