Advice for tape drive repair / maintenance

[Alexandre Souza]

> 1) Take older well-built product which does exactly what I need, and spend 
> a small sum in parts and maybe four hours of time to make it good for 
> another five years.

    That is what I do with my old (and trustworthy) HP Laserjet 4 Plus. I 
have rollers, gears, motor, lots of spare parts, since I see no replacement 
for it. Half a million pages, 7000 prints/cartridge and still ticking, 
thanks! :o)