Very important: Restoration of an Onyx Systems C8002

From: Al Kossow <aek_at_spies.com>
Date: Wed Jul 14 07:23:56 2004

He gave me 15 QIC-Tapes with it, unfortunately no documents.

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Moreover,serveral tapes are corroded.
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There were many different recording formats used with DC300 style
tape cartridges before the QIC standards were established. Onyx
tapes predate those standards. Assuming the tape itself isn't 
damaged, you can put the reels into new shells. You will need to
use a DEI drive to read them. 
As I keep telling people, DON'T EXPERIMENT WITH TAPES YOU CARE
ABOUT WITH DRIVES IN UNKNOWN CONDITION!
It sounds like the capstan was bad in the unit, try some other
cart you don't care about before risking these tapes (which are
quite rare) in that drive.
It would be a good thing to take high resolution pics of the boards
and to dump any programmable parts.

Received on Wed Jul 14 2004 - 07:23:56 BST