Hey Tony, Here is a 10-pack of 9-track tapes for $10USD: https://www.ebay.com/itm/BASF-9-Track-Mag-Tapes-Brand-New-Case-of-10/112152910883
Shipping to NZ will probably be $100... I bought one of these boxes and could send you a single tape if you need it, but I imagine there's someone with a tape they don't need closer to you. Let me know! -- Anders Nelson +1 (517) 775-6129 www.erogear.com On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 8:41 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 4/2/19 3:04 PM, mike--- via cctalk wrote: > > > Looks like you're right! I'm pretty sure it's a cleaner. Everything on > > it seems to work well, once I figured out how it was intended to work. > > Just had fool the tape optical sensor (BOT/EOT?) with a piece of paper > > and it started up fine. It only seems to want to go 'slow' in reverse, > > but that may be something to do with the lack of tape. I like the tape > > counter a lot. It shows error codes when they occur, and is a dot matrix > > style LED display (perhaps not true dot matrix, just something nicer > > looking than a 7-segment display). > > If you're going to use this thing, do check the carbide (sometimes > ceramic) cleaning blade. You want the edge to be sharp and smooth; if > it's nicked or chipped, it will end up doing more harm than good. > > I suspect that a carbide insert for machine tools might be cobbled up as > a replacement, if required. > > --Chuck > >