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Re: Transfer Data from Tape Cardrige

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On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 12:40:55 AM UTC-8, Goetz Hoffart wrote:
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> Regardless of the software problems: be aware that you should test your
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> tape drive first with unimportant tapes. Many old QIC drives have old
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> rubber castan/stuff inside to transport the tape or press it somewhere,
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> and that's not soft/how it should be any longer after that period of
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> time.
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> So, don't use your precious tape first, or better: use a known-good tape
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> drive, or at least let the old tape drive get inspected first.
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> Regards
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> Götz
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> -- 
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> http://www.knubbelmac.de/

Absolutely! I always check the health of the capstan drive rubber before I insert a tape in my drives. For anyone that needs to have a new precision roller in their Archive tape drive I would also like to plug www<dot>terrysrubberrollers<dot>com. He built me a new one for me a few years back with new rubber and did an excellent job.

-Kurt

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