tape transport drive belts
Evening folks, I’m bringing a Sharp MZ80B back to life and have so far fixed a horizontal collapse problem on the video board meaning I can see what it’s prompting for at boot. I remember when I first got this machine back in 2003-ish I dismantled it and discovered some of the tape transport had melted and gummed up the automatic head mechanism. Fast forward* 15 years and I have the transport in bits again on the bench and I can see that one belt has melted and another is on the way to collapse. Did we ever find a reasonable source of replacement belts? I know a couple of collector friends with 3D printers have printed replacements but this is new tech and I need old tech :) Cheers! *sorry, pun intended -- adrian/witchy Owner of Binary Dinosaurs, the UK's biggest private home computer collection? t: @binarydinosaursf: facebook.com/binarydinosaurs w: www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk
Re: DEC TKZ10 Tapes
On 2/1/19 3:20 AM, Nico de Jong via cctalk wrote: > Hi *Bill > > I have 3x Bull 3215 tapes if you are willing to pay the postage from > Denmark. I can erase them on a Tandberg drive, if you want. > > Nico > > > On 31-01-2019 22:33, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: >> Does anyone have any DC6525 tape cartridges they would be willing >> to part with? One of the Expansion boxes on my VAX has a TKZ10 >> but none of the older QIC tapes I have can handle the format from >> this drive. >> >> bill > Thanks for the offer but I have had some offers from this side of the pond. bill
Re: DEC TKZ10 Tapes
Hi *Bill I have 3x Bull 3215 tapes if you are willing to pay the postage from Denmark. I can erase them on a Tandberg drive, if you want. Nico On 31-01-2019 22:33, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: Does anyone have any DC6525 tape cartridges they would be willing to part with? One of the Expansion boxes on my VAX has a TKZ10 but none of the older QIC tapes I have can handle the format from this drive. bill
