Place the overheads so you can pickup a stereo image of the drum kit, especially cymbals. Try to tune in the right side overhead on the hi-hat. Usual placement is about 6 feet high facing down from a little behind the kit. Same with the all of the toms. For the bass drum, use a Shure Beta 52 or SM57 in the middle of the bass drum head about 3 inches away from the head and work from there.
Placement can make a world of difference.
After recording the tracks, go back and compress each track adding a gate. Then mix down to 2 channels out to DAT, ADAT or cassette. Now for those of you who don't have access to 6 or 7 mics, experiment with using 4 mics. 2 for overhead mics placed on either side of the kit about 2 feet above cymbals. Use 1 to mic the snare and 1 to mic the bass drum.