On 06/08/2012 03:31 AM, Mark Benson wrote: On 8 Jun 2012, at 08:23, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: I haven't tried cleaning TK50 heads in years, but I will (now that I have a more respectable workspace) start trying that. I will let you know how things go. I'll probably start digging into those within the next month or two. Thank you for the suggestion! I take it TK50 tapes won't read in a later drive? TK70 drives can read, but not write, TK50 tapes. I have several TK70 drives as well...that is my backup plan. (no pun intended! ;)) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA