Chris Karakas enscribed thusly:
> Andy Ford wrote:
> > Hi all
> > Does anyone have any recommendations for cleaning kits for
> > QIC-80 drives?
> > Any experiences?
> I found the 3M cleaning kit quite comfortable to use and well conceived
> too. Later, I read in the manual of my Colorado 1400 that I _shoud not_
> clean the heads, as I might damage them - so I stopped bothering :-)
Is the Colorado drive one of the helical scan drives? That would
be the 8mm or 4mm drives. Those use a spinning head like a VCR and should
only be cleaned with EXTREME caution. The heads are very thin and prone
to damage. A QIC (Quarter Inch Cartridge) tape is a whole different game,
though. The 3M cleaning kits are wonderful for them and quite necessary
if you get a tape head plug up (dirty or old cartridges - quite common).
Different mechanism entirely with QIC drives. The heads are stationary
(other than up and down tracking when reversing direction). They are
also big suckers and pretty rugged...
> --
> Chris Karakas
>
> don't waste your cpu time, crack rc5: http://www.distributed.net
Mike
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