Are you winding the tape onto the take-up reel in the right direction?
It should be wound on clockwise. 

James

Erno Palonheimo wrote:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> This is not directly NetBSD-related, but anyway.. How to load a tape
> in a TU80? I tried to follow the instructions on a sticker located
> underneath the hatch, but every time I pushed "Load" button, the drive
> rotated both spindles for a while, then filled it's internals with
> tape and gave an error code on the front panel display. Because I
> received my unit without any manuals, I have no idea about how to load
> the tape past the magnetic heads. Other information about the drive is
> welcomed, too.
> 
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>  Erno Palonheimo - Helsinki University of Technology - + 358 50 560 4765