[rescue] How to open a TK50Z-GA?

[Jochen Kunz]

Am 07.11.21 um 21:20 schrieb Malte Dehling:
> In my limited experience, by far the most common cause for
> malfunctioning TK50 drives is simply dust/dirt, not the electronics.
And the latch thingy that pulls the tape out of the cassette gets 
unhooked. Trivial to fix.
To my experience the tapes are the problem. Some years ago I tried to 
write 2.11BSD boot / install tapes for a friend. All the tapes I tried 
where "sticky". The binder of the magnetic coating breaks down due to 
its age. Same for 9 track tapes. I since have given up on tapes entirely.
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tschC<ss,
        Jochen