HP-85 Belts needed

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Feb 18 14:56:54 1999

At 10:48 AM 2/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thursday, February 18, 1999 4:58 AM, Joe [SMTP:rigdonj_at_intellistar.net]
>wrote:
>> At 04:09 PM 2/17/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Michael,
>> >
>> >Are those belts problematic?
>>
>> Yes, the belts and the drive wheel for the tape drives disintegrate
>with
>> age.
>
>
>Looking at my machine, I can see that the drive wheel for the tape drive is
>pretty funky. I haven't tried to use it (don't have a cartridge) but, it'll
>probably fail.

   Don't try to use the drive with a "gooy" wheel. The goo gets into the
tape and sticks it together then when you try the tape in a good drive, the
tape stickes to itself and the drive breaks it.
>
>Is there a common source for drive wheels?

  NO, but I've been working on finding a way to rebuild them. Partial
success so far.

>What about the cartridges?

   They can be found. There were some on E-bay recently. They turn up at
hamfest and surplus outlets.

   Joe
>
>Thanks,
>
>Steve Robertson - <steverob_at_hotoffice.com>
>
>
>
Received on Thu Feb 18 1999 - 14:56:54 GMT