Ive got this drive:
iomega tape 250 i080fi qic80
after opening it, I found out the wheel melted
when I put it to the box 20years ago, it was perfectly fine.
1. why is that? you know this issues?
2. from where to get similar wheel (do i need another drive or you know what may fit)?
Rubber is not forever. They do that. Unless there's someone out there manufacturing something new as a replacement, you might be out of luck. It would have to fit, have the same outer diameter, and similar surface friction. You might be able to fabricate it, but tuning is going to be a real chore unless the drive compensates the RPM via a feedback loop from the tape head or something like that.
That's too bad -- that was a neat little drive. I remember wanting one of those back in the day. Never did get one.
As I just discovered - unfortunately, similar degradation has happened to mine. 15 years ago it was still working, then went to box.
Now the wheel is sticky, leaving black traces on touch. Rubber is turned to some thick viscous liquid.
Seems it has reached it's real end-of-life.
s/n: T3042711VW.
I suppose that's why they're so rare to find these days. If nothing else, I guess it makes an adorable 3.5" bay filler. 😀
Is it just an O ring? if its an o ring you can replace that.
Looks to be a drive wheel -- like the capstan in a cassette tape deck.
Supposedly a lot of these old tape drives are more trouble than they're worth. I once had a very similar Iomega drive, and whenever you inserted a cartridge, the drive would tear the tape right off of the spools whenever it reached the end. I heard it was a common problem.
"Will the highways on the internets become more few?" -Gee Dubya
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Probably made from recycled condoms. Possibly repairable using some type of O'ring.
There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉
