Ya know, I really dislike TK50 drives...

From: healyzh_at_aracnet.com <(healyzh_at_aracnet.com)>
Date: Fri Apr 13 18:26:15 2001

>
> Well in classic style I was restoring a MicroVAX II (and this one is a true
> classic as its in the BA23 pedestal case and everything). It is still
> missing a couple of bits (like the brackets that keep the BA23 in side the
> plastic area of which it has only one, apparently its previous owner liked
> being able to pull out and re-insert the BA23.) So it also has a TK50 and I
> took it apart, blew out the dust checked it over, and even loaded a test
> tape (had standalone backup on it) and booted it and removed it. Great, a
> working TK50. So I put what alleges to be a Ultrix 2.2 install tape, and
> boot that. It boots! Yippee, and then rewinds the tape (I've got no idea
> how to install Ultrix and typing 'install.1' got me a screen that said "no
> devices to install on" :-(. So I figure it should at least see the tape and
> So this is a new failure condition I've not yet met, and I'd really, really
> like to keep this tape. So does _anyone_ know of a way to "force" the motor
> under the cartridge to rewind? A test point would be great but even just

Have you powercycled the system and told it to unload the tape? I've seen
this before, unfortuantly I don't remember what I did to fix it.

                        Zane
Received on Fri Apr 13 2001 - 18:26:15 BST