Subject: Re: How many backups per DAT? To: Wolfgang Rupprecht <>
From: John Nemeth <> List: current-users Date: 07/14/1997
12:53:56 On Jul 14,  9:27am, Wolfgang Rupprecht wrote: } If you
have the HP, pop off the top cover and clean the head, capstan }
and pinch roller with a damp q-tip dipped in isopropyl or
ethenol. } (If you have the Python you'll have to reach in from
the front.  Its } not fun.)  Observe how much trash just came
off.  Repeat until clean. } Dry.  Do not put a tape in until
everything is really dry!!!!  You } will just disolve the
magnetic slurry off of the mylar tape and make } everything much
dirtier than before the "cleaning".       Ugh!  This is some of
the worst advice I've seen come across this list.  Never do
this.  For starters, take a look at a Q-Tip(TM), and notice all
the little fibres on it that come off (lint).  Helical scan tape
drives have very delicate mechanisms.  The lint can get into the
mechanism and cause damage.  The lint can also get caught in the
heads and destroy the