Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-31 Thread Douglas Taylor
On 8/30/2016 4:54 PM, shad wrote: Hello, The same cabinet has a TK50 and I foolishly put a cartridge into it and now it won't come out. It is called being 'stuck'. How do proceed to get this TK50 cartridge out? Error 'stuck' means that the tape has been "glued" to the head because of t

Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-31 Thread Adrian Graham
and Off-Topic Posts >> >> Subject: Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50 >> >> I've bought a pile of drives recently, and may have one that you can >> scavenge. However I think mine may be TK-70's though. >> > > Actually mine was a TK70, I *think

RE: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-31 Thread Rob Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim > stephens > Sent: 31 August 2016 04:08 > To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50 >

Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-30 Thread jim stephens
I've bought a pile of drives recently, and may have one that you can scavenge. However I think mine may be TK-70's though. I got some make good items from one guy for a botched sale, will see if it was a 50 since you probably have to stick with those. thanks jim On 8/30/2016 3:32 PM, Rob Ja

Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-30 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 6:32 PM, Rob Jarratt wrote: > I think you are referring to me. The leader I was talking about was the one > *inside the drive* that hooks the tape in the cartridge. I may have used the > wrong term, if so sorry about that. I saw your posts and saw that you were referring t

RE: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-30 Thread Rob Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of jim > stephens > Sent: 30 August 2016 23:19 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50 > > > > On

RE: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-30 Thread Rob Jarratt
> -Original Message- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Douglas > Taylor > Sent: 30 August 2016 17:52 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50 > > This is real trivia

Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-30 Thread jim stephens
On 8/30/2016 1:54 PM, shad wrote: A tape in this condition of striction is probably unusable anyway, unless you back it up a little in an oven, but even so it could be readable just for a couple of hours I wonder if the header could be cut off and used for the other guy's thread, who ha

Re: BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-30 Thread shadoooo
Hello, The same cabinet has a TK50 and I foolishly put a cartridge into it and now it won't come out. It is called being 'stuck'. How do proceed to get this TK50 cartridge out? Error 'stuck' means that the tape has been "glued" to the head because of the effect of the tape binder being conv

BA123 Side panels and Stuck TK50

2016-08-30 Thread Douglas Taylor
This is real trivia but I have a BA123 cabinet (MicroVax II) and there a screws that hold the side panels in place, and mine are missing. Does anyone know the type of screw I should go look for at the hardware store? The same cabinet has a TK50 and I foolishly put a cartridge into it and now