Advice for tape drive repair / maintenance

[Adrian Graham]

On 19/12/06 23:09, "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> As an aside, am I the only person who likes the Philips V2000 machines?

Nope, I do too, and I'm still kicking myself for passing up a machine and a
box of tapes at a car boot sale many moons ago!

(I used to kick myself lots for passing up on a very cheap Amiga 4000-030 on
the grounds that it had no keyboard, but I've been blessed with a much
better one since....must get 3.1 ROMs)

> Only one rubber part (the pinch roller), 5 motors (direct drive to the
> capstan, head drump, each reel, and a loading motor to pull the tape
> round the head drum). No back tension band either -- back tension is
> provided by passing a suitable current trhough the rewind motor.

Fantastic engineering which is why I like 'em, and it's probably the reason
they failed in the marketplace. Oh yeah, and they liked chewing tapes, and
the tapes were expensive AND needed turning over :)

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