HP 9825a

[Geoff Quickfall]

Hello Craig!

I am in Beijing and as usual the Chinese will not allow me to PM or send emails. Will be home Monday.

Send me an email using the email button below as I have some ideas.

Some questions:

You mention two holes: the holes in the tape are as follows:

- during a rewind the first "single hole" is encountered telling the 9825 that you are near the beginning of the tape, a second "single hole" is then encountered which stops the tape correctly. If the 9825a continues to rewind it encounters pairs of holes side by side (pairs). These are the EOT holes and result in the EOT message. Physically spool back to the single hole sequence and attempt a read/write at that point.


Did you condition the tape? A full forward followed by a full rewind which adjusts the tension and removes possible wrinkles. Both bad tension (loose to wrinkles) can result in EOT or a travel past the two "single holes".

Geoff