Re: tape eating

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>]

David,

> Duct tape? The CE broke it so it should have been down to IBM to repair it
> properly, "piece of junk" notwithstanding. Why did you let them get away
> with that?

Because by then it was 4AM and all the parts were 2 hours away!  He
came back and fixed it the next day.
> 
> Dave Kahn
> Johnson & Johnson International (Ethicon) France
> Phone : +33 1 55 00 3180
> Email :  dkahn1@jnjfr.jnj.com (work)
>            dkahn@cix.co.uk      (home)
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De: Larry Bolhuis [mailto:lbolhui@ibm.net]
> Date: 01 September 1999 04:49
>  : MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Objet: Re: tape eating
> 
> We had a CE who forgot to hold the little prop stick back as he closed
> the lid on our 9347 'piece of junk' tape drive. This broke the stick
> leaving only about 1/4" hanging below the lid.  The lid was then
> closed 'under duress' and the drive rolled back into the rack. As it
> latched the 'clunk' of the latch caused the stressed top to pop up.
> This caused the drive to complain that the top was open. However, we
> couldn't get at it because there was a 9332 mounted on top of it and
> we couldn't roll it out because the open lid was jammed against the
> 9332. Doh!  So we had to remove the 9332 completely to get the drive
> back out. Then duct tape to the rescue!  This was on a B30 as well....
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