----- Original Message ----- From: "Ethan Dicks" <[email protected]> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 1:51 PM Subject: Re: Commodore C2N datasette belts (was Re: Classics long overdue a Boot.)
> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 1:32 PM, drlegendre . <[email protected]> wrote: >> @Ethan >> >> Huh, well that's no good. If you give the exact dimensions of the original >> belt, I'll call Tim up and see what he can get. > > Square belt. 1.2mm cross-section. 80mm dia / 251mm length. > >> I've known him for almost 30 years and would be happy to order a batch of >> them at wholesale. They could go to club members and the rest to eBay..? > > Wholesale might work. I need 3-4 just to get my own drives working > (one in a chicklet-keyboard PET, at least 2-3 external C2N drives - > two black PET-era, one (at least) white VIC-20/C-64 era). > > Wherever they come from US or UK, $10-$12 including shipping per belt > is just not gonna happen. I don't need to use tapes on a daily basis, > and if I didn't have some old Rabbit-format tapes, I probably wouldn't > be doing anything with real tapes other than demonstrate to people how > they worked (and why we were so happy to switch to floppies). > > The old belts aren't melted or snapped (they are 30-35 years old) but > they are longer than they used to be and they just spin on the motor > pulley. > > -ethan ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Maybe you can find something here (SCY3.5?) $4.50 http://www.thevoiceofmusic.com/catalog/part_overview.asp or here: http://www.russellind.com/EVG/main.htm m
