I have a linctape drive, which is a dectape compatible unit. I do not have the controller or any documentation, but it does have a head which might be useable to replace the broken head. If this would be useful, I would be willing to contribute it to the cause.
Please see attached pics. --tom On 7/25/16 7:03 PM, Michael Thompson wrote: > During our PDP-12 debugging today we found that the left tape head has an > open coil for data track 0. The left head was OK a little more than a year > ago when we found the open coil in the right head. One TU56 head on my > personal PDP-8/e also had an open coil when I got it. > > Our guess is the chemicals from the epoxy potting, possible flux residue, > and poor soldering are causing the failures. Getting the epoxy potting out > to repair the solder connection has proved impossible so far. > > Any source for three TU56 tape heads would be appreciated. > > We are also interested in ideas on how to get the epoxy potting out without > destroying the head. >
