On 2008-04-21, terryc (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:00:42 +1000, Dave Hughes wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:10:24 +1000, Terryc wrote:
>>> <Todays problem is 'how do your stick your fingers down the throat
>>> of a DLT drive to make it spit out the tape' I'm almost ready to try
>>> the cat brush on it>
>>
>> BFO screwdriver, remove the case, pull tape out IIRC. I do remember
>> pulling a few dead tapes out of drives over the years, but can't remember
>> the details.
>
> Basically did that. Had to toggle a latch for the front handle, rattle
> tape, then re-insert and power on. Loh, it repsonded to the eject tape
> button this time with no christmas lights. Now to give it a hammering to
> work out if it is going to be an annoying intermittant, or it safe to
> order another 20 new tapes.
Oh, that's easy. It will work during the hammering, but will fail on
the first of the 20 new tapes.
I don't believe I didn't have to poke siggy with a BFO screwdriver to
get the text below...
--
TimC
I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere. --unknown