[rescue] Cheapass MicroFax (sic)

[Sheldon T. Hall]

"Bill Martin" <wrmartin at verizon.net> said ...

> Well, I snagged it.  And got snagged myself.  It arrived late this 
> afternoon, and is not what was pictured.  The front cover and the TK-70 
> tape drive were no longer there.  Where the photo clearly shows the tape 
> drive, an empty hole with a shock mount hanging down is all that remains.

Thieves.  Feh.

[snip]

> So my problem is what to do now.  Is a front cover reasonably 
> obtainable?  (I suspect not without buying another whole machine and its 
> attendant transportation $.)  I've seen TK-70s on eBay, but I seem to 
> recall them not being real cheap.

Is a TK-70 a 250 meg big-cartridge tape drive?  Actually made by Tandberg?

-Shel