On 04/03/05 11:34 am Steven Levine tossed the following ingredients into 
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

>  >I have taken a chance and purchased on eBay (for a mere $25) a Compaq
>  >169017-001 DDS-4 8-tape autoloader (relabeled Sony TSL-11000) that, by
>  >the seller's admission, displays the message "loader
becoming ready."
> 
> I guess my first question is what is displaying this message?  Does the
> unit have a display panel or did the vendor install the W2K backup
> package.

That's a very good question. The device does have an LCD panel, and 
that's where I assumed that this message was being displayed, but maybe 
not. OTOH, Google pulled up a message on a Dell forum (Dell markets 
relabeled versions of these things too) asking the same question but 
with no response.

>  >I've looked at the online user's manual, and this message is not
>  >mentioned there.
> 
> I would suspect this is a normal status message.  You will know soon
> enough.  I would expect a long timeout in the case since the operator
> might need to change loader casettes.

It might be a normal status message, but I would still have expected it 
to be mentioned in the docs. From what I've read in the various docs. 
(Sony, Compaq and Dell versions), it's supposed indicate that it's ready 
to have the magazine inserted -- but I don't recall the precise wording.

Somebody else told me he knows Sony service people who might be able to 
decipher this.

-=-
Alan



 
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