Re: VECTOR: Re: Fluke 9010a Tape Drive

No, they are a special tape.  I bought some off eBay a while back from 
[email protected] , but haven't tried them yet to see if they work.  
He did have more.
The eBay sale was 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5710911315&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6
Perhaps folks more familiar to the Fluke can tell you if these are the 
right tapes (ignore the item description, these apparently do NOT work 
on the *"HP-41 / 82161A")  The tapes obviously say Fluke right on them.*
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matt wrote:

>i just got a fluke 9010a for $50nz but no manuals where can i get tapes??
>are they just a small audio tape??
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>From: <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:54 AM
>Subject: VECTOR: Re: Fluke 9010a Tape Drive
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>>You were right. With my digital camera I was able to see the LED glow. To
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>test
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>>the IR receiver for the end stop, I just shined at it with a remote
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>control. the
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>>motor stops and starts playing the tape.
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>>I tried a new tape in it and it works flawlessly!
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>>Thanks for your reply,
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>>Mendel Pearl
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>>>Hi Mendel,
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>>>The LED is very likely infra-red, you can see if it's working with
>>>most devices that show a live picture and have a CCD camera element,
>>>they are sensitive to infra-red.
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>>>Like a video camera, digital camera with live screen, web-cam, etc.
>>>Test it out with a TV or similar remote control pointing at the
>>>camera, you'll see what I mean.
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>>>Or can you not see it working and you have tried this already?
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>>>Cheers,
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>>>Marc
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>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: MyPearl
>>>To: [email protected]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:06 AM
>>>Subject: Fluke 9010a Tape Drive
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>>>Hello Group,
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>>>I am working on a Fluke 9010a Tape Drive.
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>>>The main drive belt was like totally "melted" and turned into some black
>>>gunk, which I removed with some thinner. I replaced the
>>>belt with a generic type that matched quite good.
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>>>The drive seems to work properly now, I do not have a tape yet, but
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>reading
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>>>the tape with the tape detector switch pushed in, it
>>>winds and rewinds nicely.
>>>However, before I insert my expensive and only tape in this drive, I am
>>>wondering about the end-of-tape detection. It seems this is
>>>done via a LED opto coupler on the left side of the recording head. I
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>cannot
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>>>see this LED being lit though.
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>>>So my question is, Should you be able to see the LED being lit when the
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>tape
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>>>drive is operating? The reels operate with quite some
>>>torque and I don't want to rip my only tape to pieces the very first
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>>>try it.
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>>>Also, this drive has no Capstan / Pinch Roller. Seems weird for me
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>>>the tape speed will vary depending on the size of the
>>>pickup reel without it. Is this normal for this type of drive?
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>>>I hope someone can take a look at the LED to see if it's on while
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>operating
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>>>for me.
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>>>Kind regards,
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>>>Mendel Pearl
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