Posted By
MMS
on 2018-10-03
14:29:03
 |  Re: Plus 4 won't load tapes
Little more details may help to localize the failure.
Some questions:
1) these tapes were old ones, and was a good brand? Sony, TDK, BASF?
or these tapes recently created with some PC tools? As I know C64 tape uses different signal, than the Plus/4
2) did you check and clean the surface of the tape heads (denat. alcohol)?
3) do the tape drive found anything on the tapes and start "LOADING" but never finishes it, or even cannot find the header? completely misaligned heads can also cause such troubles. I know it was a practice by the "advanced" guys to continuously align the head, but I have never done it, even if the tape I received froma friend was not readible.
4) is it sure, that the tape you have still contains anything? or maybe way too silent? Storing magnetic tapes close to speakers, TV, can rotate the magnetic momentum on the tape, causing weakening signal.
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