On the belts, I replaced my belts in my paper tape
readers very inexpensively from:
(Stock Drive Parts/Sterling Instruments)
www.sdp-si.com/
It was a little tricky to measure them but I actually
ordered a little too small and a little too big, and
they all worked. Other computer-related mechanisms use
belts like these, also. Recommended.
--- Dave Babcock <dave_at_kaleidosoft.com> wrote:
> Sellam,
>
> There's a company in Florida (their name escapes me
> at the moment) whose
> whole purpose in life is to repair Documation card
> readers. They repaired
> the museum's and even loaned us another one to use
> for the IBM 1620 project.
> If anyone has or knows about spare parts, they will.
>
> I'm copying Lee Courtney on this mail because he was
> the one who made all
> the contacts with the company and will have their
> name, address and phone
> number.
>
> Good luck,
> DaveB
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
> To: "Classic Computers Mailing List"
> <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 2:41 PM
> Subject: Documation D150 card reader
>
>
> >
> > I have a Documation D150 card reader that I am
> trying to make operational.
> > I fired it up today and ran a card through, only
> to have a big black
> > streak get "printed" to the card. I thought this
> was odd, so I opened it
> > up and found several problems.
> >
> > The black streak was caused by the roller that
> pulls the card through the
> > slot. It's basically melted into a gooey ink-like
> mess. Actually, only
> > one side of it has melted. The other side is
> mostly intact, so I may be
> > able to just eliminate the melted side and still
> use this roller. It
> > looks like this:
> >
> > __ __
> > | \/ |
> > ==| |== <-- spindle
> > |__/\__|
> >
> > ^- one side melted
> >
> > Then there is a rubber gasket that was around a
> disc that was situated
> > perpendicular to the way the card slides through.
> This roller dried up
> > and crumbled into several different pieces.
> >
> >
> ^
> > card goes in this way ---> and the rubber disk
> spun this way |
> >
> |
> >
> > I think the purpose of this roller was to push the
> card against the guide
> > so that it goes through the reader straight.
> >
> > Then there are two toothed belts driving cams from
> motors. One of them
> > got completely obliterated. The radial threads
> inside the belt got
> > wrapped around the drive cam and left a gooey
> residue on it. The other
> > belt is still in tact but very gooey, and is
> probably going to go at some
> > point as well. I was able to get this code off of
> it: SDP 6R6-055018C
> >
> > I did a Google search but didn't turn anything up
> on this reader.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a source to get replacement
> belts and parts for this
> > reader?
> >
> > --
> >
> > Sellam Ismail
> Vintage Computer
> Festival
> >
>
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