9-track tape drive: What is this?

From: Uncle Roger <sinasohn_at_crl.com>
Date: Wed Aug 20 20:28:58 1997

At 11:18 AM 8/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Now you can push LOAD to get the tape drive to scan for the load
>point. If it just keeps going and going then there is a problem with
>the light/sensor assembly.
 
It could also mean that you wound the tape onto the take-up reel past the
load point, or that the tape didn't have one (i.e., it was cut/broken off.)
Try re-loading the tape, after checking for the load point thingy (a little
silver piece of something on the tape.)


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