Viper 2150S scsi tape drive

[dwight elvey]

> From: bear at typewritten.org
> 
> 
> On Oct 28, 2010, at 7:30 AM, dwight elvey wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know the expected diameter of
> > the capstan?
> 
> It's just under 0.500". I have a note next to this that says 
> (31/64"??). At the time I measured it it wasn't clear to me whether 
> there was some sort of standard sizing for this type of thing that it 
> could be better referred to as.
> 
> ok
> bear

Hi Bear
 My guess is that it doesn't have to be exactly the right size.
I'm sure that when reading the data, it uses a servo-loop.
When writing, it would care but a little fast of slow shouldn't
make a big difference.
 I'll target 0.5 or slightly smaller. Smaller will give me more
data ;)
 It was a mess. I wish I'd looked first. I know better just didn't
look. It is under the pully and hard to see. The ebay seller said
it was from a working system. I guess he didn't say how many
years had gone by since it was working!
Dwight