Re: Help with SBB in BA353

From: Rich Jordan (jordan_at_ccs4vms.com)
Date: 08/12/04

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    "Thorsten Hahn" <Hahn0man@t-online.de> wrote in message news:<cf8nem$vee$03$1@news.t-online.com>...

    >
    > BTW: Any hints about cleaning TZ30 and TK50 drives? Google said: using a DLT
    > III Cleaning-Tape is not a good idea...
    >
    > Thanks
    > Thorsten

    There's a special kit for TK50/70 and TZ30 drives. A plastic carrier
    (blue colored is all I've ever seen) with a guide slot fits in the
    drive opening. The slot guides a flat plastic strip with a cloth face
    back into the head and rollers. You take a platen cleaner (alcohol
    capsule in a fiber swab, crack the capsule to soak the swab) and wet
    the cloth face on the plastic strip. Then you run it throught the
    guide slot in the carrier and back-and-forth it a few times; that
    scrubs the heads. The strips were single-use and meant to be
    discarded.

    The DEC part number for the kit was TKXX-HC. They used to sell
    refills that came with 10 cleaning strips and 10 platen cleaners. I
    don't know the number for that. No idea if these are still orderable,
    but I'm down to my last three strips here.

    Rich

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