Ya know, I really dislike TK50 drives...

From: Jerome Fine <jhfine_at_idirect.com>
Date: Sat Apr 14 09:36:40 2001

>Chuck McManis wrote:

> Yup, this was one of my first things I tried. Then running it not connected
> to the TQK50. Neither will get it to rewind.

Jerome Fine replies:

Since you have probably spent more time already than it will take to do the job
manually, you might as well try it at this point. As far as I know, all TK50/TK70
drives have an access hole for a star screwdriver underneath the drive from the
bottom. If your black plastic sled is from a disk drive, it may be necessary to
first take off the sled, but all the correct tape drive sleds have a notch where
the access hole is located to allow that star screwdriver access to the rewind
slot. Just gently turn the take-up reel until the tape is fully rewound. If you
need to use force, then something is stuck. Don't force it if you want to save the
tape. Once you get the tape out, the drive will also probably start to work
again as well, but first test the drive with a blank tape.

Please let us know if it works - I have not had to do this for a long time and
I may not remember some of the details or problems.

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
Received on Sat Apr 14 2001 - 09:36:40 BST