HP-85B Printer Repairs.

From: PG Manney <manney_at_nwohio.com>
Date: Mon Dec 22 18:40:18 1997

Small belts are available -- there's a company in NJ (Winifred M. Berg)
that specializes in small stuff. I can dig up the address for you if you
want.

manney_at_nwohio.com

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> From: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> To: Manney
> Subject: HP-85B Printer Repairs.
> Date: Monday, December 22, 1997 4:25 AM
>
> I would be grateful if someone on this list could help me.
>
> I have a somewhat old-fashioned colleague who still uses an HP-85B.
> This morning he came and asked me why the paper advance on the built in
> printer wasn't working, what was he doing wrong?
>
> He had borrowed an old HP-85 from another section (who had thrown it
> out, apparently - it had a red sticker saying "Equipment not to be
> used"), but this also wouldn't advance the paper, so he had concluded he
> must be getting something wrong.
>
> I tried a couple of times to no avail, so I took the lid off. (Why do
> they have to make the tape eject button so huge?). Not much poking
> around to discover that the toothed belt that drives the paper advance
> had perished and snapped. The rubber was mostly in dust all over the
> place; the strengthening threads were wrapped around the drive gear on
> the motor. The smaller toothed belt that drove the print head was also
> very ropy.
>
> So, we opened up the other 85. The same fault, with the remaining belt
> in worse condition.
>
> To conclude, then, does anyone know where to get replacement belts, or
> what the HP part numbers are, or any other useful information?
>
> Philip.
>
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Philip Belben <><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
>
> Das Feuer brennt, das Feuer nennt die Luft sein Schwesterelement -
> und frisst sie doch (samt dem Ozon)! Das ist die Liebe, lieber Sohn.
>
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>
Received on Mon Dec 22 1997 - 18:40:18 GMT