>So several questions come to mind. I'll pop out some of the obvious ones...
>
>1) Does the Red Light/Button on the right hand side in the "out" position
>mean "unload" ?
Yes.
>2) When does the green light come on (except on power up when it is
>unloaded.) ?
Green light on (solid) means it's OK to operate the handle.
>3) It appears that a "working" unload sequence would have the tape leader
>get sucked back
> into the tape and the 'unhooker' should engage the hook leader. Why
>would it stop
> before it got that far?
While it's doing its tricks, look carefully at the metal capstan that
the tape and leader goes over at the rear of the drive. There's an
optical interrupter connected to the shaft of this, and this is the
only way that the TK50 knows that the tape is actually moving. If tape
or leader is moving over this capstan without turning the capstan, the
TK50 drive gets all confused and gives up. So look carefully to see
if that capstan is turning as tape gets pulled over it.
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Received on Sat Feb 12 2000 - 20:05:59 GMT