Tape Drive Questions

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Jul 17 15:44:00 2002

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Frank Palazzolo wrote:

> 2) Anyone know who could tackle repairing such a thing? I've had no
> trouble fixing electrical problems, but tape drives are a whole
> different animal...
>
> I've basically examined 4 of these units and they all have mechanical
> problems. Emulating the system may prove to be the only way to ever see
> the software running.

Does there appear to be a common failure for all 4 drives? I'd have to
guess (without seeing the drives anyway) that they failed simply because
they need maintenance. Tapes drives in general are highly failure prone
anyway, due to their inherent design.

-Toth
Received on Wed Jul 17 2002 - 15:44:00 BST