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- From: icebbs@ramlink.net (Iceman of the Inner Circle)
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- Subject: Re: Trouble loading c-64 from Tape player
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 02:15:32 GMT
- Organization: Inner Circle BBS - 304.697.0101
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- In article <51@ppse.win-uk.net>, ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net says...
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- Your kidding right Chip? I mean I have been repairing these things for a
- long time, but this is the first fix (other than the dempsy dumpster) for
- the tape drive. I hated that thing soooo bad that I used to come home every
- day and kiss my shiny new 1540.. God I must be getting old or something.
-
-
- >
- > I'll tell you what's most likely to be wrong there mate, the
- >tape head is out of alignment ! It's a major pain in the anus that
- >will affect us all at some point. Just below the tape carrier,
- >there should be a small hole, under there is a small Posidrive
- >screw which adjusts how up or down the tape head is. What to do is
- >get a few tapes together, and screw the screw all the way down
- >(This can only be done with the tape deck in 'Play' mode.) adjust
- >the screw UP (Turn the screwdriver in the opposite direction.) in
- >tiny increments trying each tape until they all load just fine.
- >
- > After that, you may find that the alignmennt starts to
- >slip again, there are three cures for that:
- >
- >
- >EPOXY the adjusted screw down.
- >
- >Continually adjust ! (And get a sore arm !)
- >
- >Buy a new casstette deck.
- >
- >
- >Choice is yours mate !
- >
- >
- >Cheers !
- >
- >Chip Pieroni..
- >
- >
- >
- >--
- >
- >Chip Pieroni Vintage Systems Finder..
- >
- >(United Kingdom..)
- >
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