On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Bill Degnan <billdegnan@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > I assume not necessary, but did you verify that the tape drive belt is OK? > I had to replace mine by using an external tape drive's belt. The belt looks ok. It's a bit weak, but it doesn't slip. I might try to substitute it out of desperation. So far I've replaced the LS14 with absolutely no difference. The write circuit, according to the schematics and what I could find in the actual board is just part (4/6) of the LS14 and three resistors. The erase head works, if I press record and play without sending any data, the tape is erased very cleanly. The first part of a program (I assume it's a sync record) is very clean, but as soon as normal data is recorded, the recorded tape become quite too noisy (Yes, I should try maybe with another cassette, but I need to find another one I can erase...). I would very much like to try a head azimuth adjustment. All the other tape drives I have, needed a bit of tweak to read/write reliably after all these years. I think the hole could be under the label, but I'm afraid it would bend if lifted... Frank Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2018-02-09 22:00:02
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