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belt dimensions for tape drives Message #1 Posted by marais on 28 July 2005, 3:30 a.m. Good morning, I would like to ask if the belt specifications (width) of the various tape drives built into the HP calculators HP-85, 9815 and 9825 can be found somewhere? I'll visit a belt manufacturing company later this year and would like to use the opportunity to get some belts in anticipation. I know that part of the specs concerns the reinforcement cord inside the belt, which can be Kevlar (yellow in color) or polyester (white). I do not know if the HP belts had a reinforcement cord, or if the presence of such a cord would impact the function. Thank you Andreas

Re: belt dimensions for tape drives Message #2 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 28 July 2005, 4:07 a.m., in response to message #1 by marais I do not know about the 9815 and 9825, but the HP-85 tape drive does NOT have a belt. The capstan is attached directly to the motor. I suspect that the HP-9815 and HP-9825 also do not have bands as I do not recall seeing such bands in the spare parts lists for these computers. Perhaps you are talking about the band inside the tape CARTRIDGES? **vp

Re: belt dimensions for tape drives Message #3 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 31 July 2005, 12:47 a.m., in response to message #1 by marais I am sorry for the earlier post, I have just come across an image of a tape catridge and the belts are referred to as "tape drive belts" so it was my bad. Sorry **vp

Re: belt dimensions for tape drives Message #4 Posted by marais on 31 July 2005, 4:59 p.m., in response to message #3 by Vassilis Prevelakis Looking good! Do you have dimensions at hand? Andreas

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