>>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com> writes:
Chuck> I have on my desk a TZ30 (half height TK50 drive) and it
Chuck> has a tape inside of it. Powering it up and pressing unload
Chuck> starts a rewind and then it gives up (all lights
Chuck> flash). I'm guessing the tape presense sensor is dirty or
Chuck> otherwise disabled but to get to it I really would like to
Chuck> remove the existing tape. Unfortuately I cannot find how to
Chuck> manually "unlock" the drive. Clues anyone?
I extracted a TZ30 from a "storage expansion" box that used to
be connected to a alpha station. The drive is SCSI so that it was
trivial to use it in my PC.
The load system seems extremly unreliable to me: any small
failure when loading/unloading the tape might easly require
disassemble it.
I performed a deep dust cleaning by disassembling it. I guess
it is fairly easy to disassemble and re-assemble it.
Cheers,
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