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by ian＠platinum.net

Digging around in my junk tonight, I come across a DEC TZ875-TA 5-slot tape changer. Some googling shows it can *read* TK50 tapes! I'm playing around with it on a Linux box using native DLT IIIXT tapes on it to make sure it's operating correctly, then I'll give it a try reading a TK50. I hope it works! Ian On 2013-01-25, at 10:17 AM, "Rob Jarratt" <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> wrote: I have been trying to find TF-series drives for a while, wouldn't mind a 9-track either but not sure I have room for one of those. Regards Rob -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Kari Uusim ki Sent: 25 January 2013 10:41 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Tape drive explosion TK50Z is a SCSI version as the TZ30 is as well. I have never seen a TK70 drive with another interface than the QBUS controller TQK70 or the BI bus controller TBK70. The two generation of DLT drives after TK70 has had either SCSI or DSSI interfaces e.g. TZ85/TF85, TZ86/TF86. Then the DSSI interface was abandoned and all the rest of the DEC branded DLT drives had a SCSI interface only i.e. TZ87, TZ88, TZ89, TZ90. I don't know why the DSSI interface was dropped, but I guess the SCSI drives sold better especially to the Alpha customers. Regards, Kari On 25.1.2013 9:27, Ian McLaughlin wrote: We're any of the other DEC drives released in a scsi version? Ian Sent from my iPad On 2013-01-24, at 8:33 PM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote: On 25.1.2013 0:26, Ian McLaughlin wrote: On 2013-01-24, at 2:06 AM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote: Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. Tape leader is fine on this drive. The problem with this cartridge is the spool inside the cartridge jammed and wouldn't rotate causing the drive to not rewind. Ok. Cartridge failure, then. Could it have been accidentally dropped? I've seen several times DLT cartriges fail after been dropped on the floor. You can also read a TK50 tape with a newer DLT drive like TZ85, TZ86 and TZ87. Is this true? According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape a CompacTape I can only be read by a TK50 and a TK70. Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have some newer generation DLT drives, but none of them admit to being backwards compatible that far. Ian . I'm not sure if others than DEC branded DLT drives (TZ85,TZ86,TZ87) can read TK50 tapes, but DEC drives sure do. Even the front of the drive has leds which indicate which formats the drive can handle. Like Johnny said, Wikipedia articles aren't always the complete truth of the topic. Regards, Kari --- Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi- bin/learn.pl?messageid=720AED2066A811E29BF1919693ED0201 . --- Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid=8DB6C8F0671B11E2B…

13 years, 1 month

HECnet Instant Messenger - no longer pre-alpha code :)

by sampsa＠mac.com

Oh yes, add me as well, my handle is 'djinn'. The HIMUSERLIST script will show all registered handles, btw. sampsa On 25 Jan 2013, at 21:18, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote: Once you're live, add me to your buddy list - the handle is 'ian'. Ian On 2013-01-25, at 11:16 AM, sampsa at mac.com wrote: Guys, Me and some chaps on the DECtek mailing list have been testing HIM and it's at least mostly functional at this stage. Grab a copy from RHESUS::[.MEDIALIB.HIM]HIM.ZIP or check out http://rhesus.sampsa.com/him/ sampsa --- Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid=CFEF0126672311E2B…

13 years, 1 month

HECnet Instant Messenger - no longer pre-alpha code :)

by ian＠platinum.net

Once you're live, add me to your buddy list - the handle is 'ian'. Ian On 2013-01-25, at 11:16 AM, sampsa at mac.com wrote: Guys, Me and some chaps on the DECtek mailing list have been testing HIM and it's at least mostly functional at this stage. Grab a copy from RHESUS::[.MEDIALIB.HIM]HIM.ZIP or check out http://rhesus.sampsa.com/him/ sampsa --- Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid=CFEF0126672311E2B…

13 years, 1 month

HECnet Instant Messenger - no longer pre-alpha code :)

by sampsa＠mac.com

Guys, Me and some chaps on the DECtek mailing list have been testing HIM and it's at least mostly functional at this stage. Grab a copy from RHESUS::[.MEDIALIB.HIM]HIM.ZIP or check out http://rhesus.sampsa.com/him/ sampsa

13 years, 1 month

Tape drive explosion

by robert.jarratt＠ntlworld.com

I have been trying to find TF-series drives for a while, wouldn't mind a 9-track either but not sure I have room for one of those. Regards Rob -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Kari Uusim ki Sent: 25 January 2013 10:41 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] Tape drive explosion TK50Z is a SCSI version as the TZ30 is as well. I have never seen a TK70 drive with another interface than the QBUS controller TQK70 or the BI bus controller TBK70. The two generation of DLT drives after TK70 has had either SCSI or DSSI interfaces e.g. TZ85/TF85, TZ86/TF86. Then the DSSI interface was abandoned and all the rest of the DEC branded DLT drives had a SCSI interface only i.e. TZ87, TZ88, TZ89, TZ90. I don't know why the DSSI interface was dropped, but I guess the SCSI drives sold better especially to the Alpha customers. Regards, Kari On 25.1.2013 9:27, Ian McLaughlin wrote: We're any of the other DEC drives released in a scsi version? Ian Sent from my iPad On 2013-01-24, at 8:33 PM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote: On 25.1.2013 0:26, Ian McLaughlin wrote: On 2013-01-24, at 2:06 AM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote: Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. Tape leader is fine on this drive. The problem with this cartridge is the spool inside the cartridge jammed and wouldn't rotate causing the drive to not rewind. Ok. Cartridge failure, then. Could it have been accidentally dropped? I've seen several times DLT cartriges fail after been dropped on the floor. You can also read a TK50 tape with a newer DLT drive like TZ85, TZ86 and TZ87. Is this true? According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape a CompacTape I can only be read by a TK50 and a TK70. Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have some newer generation DLT drives, but none of them admit to being backwards compatible that far. Ian . I'm not sure if others than DEC branded DLT drives (TZ85,TZ86,TZ87) can read TK50 tapes, but DEC drives sure do. Even the front of the drive has leds which indicate which formats the drive can handle. Like Johnny said, Wikipedia articles aren't always the complete truth of the topic. Regards, Kari --- Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi- bin/learn.pl?messageid=720AED2066A811E29BF1919693ED0201 .

13 years, 1 month

Tape drive explosion

by clemc＠ccc.com

Hang on it. It's great drive and very good a reading old tapes. A couple of years back, I had the last known copy of the UNIX Circuit Design System (aka UCSD) - we cleaned the tape. Shinned up the head. We figured we had one shot at read it. The had to retry a bunch, but we let it go. Damned if we got the entire tape with out any loss. Dennis declared them as a "very late delivery" to part of UNIX V7 and Warren now has those bits in TUHS archives. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:09 AM, John H. Reinhardt <johnhreinhardt at yahoo.com> wrote: I picked up a TSZ08 on Ebay a couple years ago. I haven't used it lately, but it still loads tapes successfully. It's a horizontal 9-track drive like the TSZ07. John H. Reinhardt On 1/25/2013 8:00 AM, Clem Cole wrote: TS08 - great drive, I'd love to find one used. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net <mailto:ian at platinum.net>> wrote: We're any of the other DEC drives released in a scsi version? Ian Sent from my iPad On 2013-01-24, at 8:33 PM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org <mailto:uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>> wrote: > On 25.1.2013 0:26, Ian McLaughlin wrote: >> >> On 2013-01-24, at 2:06 AM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org <mailto:uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>> wrote: >> >>> Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. >> >> Tape leader is fine on this drive. The problem with this cartridge is the spool inside the cartridge jammed and wouldn't rotate causing the drive to not rewind. > Ok. Cartridge failure, then. Could it have been accidentally dropped? I've seen several times DLT cartriges fail after been dropped on the floor. > >>> You can also read a TK50 tape with a newer DLT drive like TZ85, TZ86 and TZ87. >> >> Is this true? According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape a CompacTape I can only be read by a TK50 and a TK70. >> >> Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have some newer generation DLT drives, but none of them admit to being backwards compatible that far. >> >> Ian >> >> >> . > > I'm not sure if others than DEC branded DLT drives (TZ85,TZ86,TZ87) can read TK50 tapes, but DEC drives sure do. > Even the front of the drive has leds which indicate which formats the drive can handle. > > Like Johnny said, Wikipedia articles aren't always the complete truth of the topic. > > > Regards, > > Kari > > > > --- > Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid=720AED2066A811E29…

13 years, 1 month

Tape drive explosion

by johnhreinhardt＠yahoo.com

Just for clarity, it's not for sale, just acknowledging that there is one around. On 1/25/2013 8:09 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote: I picked up a TSZ08 on Ebay a couple years ago. I haven't used it lately, but it still loads tapes successfully. It's a horizontal 9-track drive like the TSZ07. John H. Reinhardt On 1/25/2013 8:00 AM, Clem Cole wrote: TS08 - great drive, I'd love to find one used.

13 years, 1 month

Tape drive explosion

by clemc＠ccc.com

typo: That's TSZ08 On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote: TS08 - great drive, I'd love to find one used. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote: We're any of the other DEC drives released in a scsi version? Ian Sent from my iPad On 2013-01-24, at 8:33 PM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote: > On 25.1.2013 0:26, Ian McLaughlin wrote: >> >> On 2013-01-24, at 2:06 AM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote: >> >>> Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. >> >> Tape leader is fine on this drive. The problem with this cartridge is the spool inside the cartridge jammed and wouldn't rotate causing the drive to not rewind. > Ok. Cartridge failure, then. Could it have been accidentally dropped? I've seen several times DLT cartriges fail after been dropped on the floor. > >>> You can also read a TK50 tape with a newer DLT drive like TZ85, TZ86 and TZ87. >> >> Is this true? According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape a CompacTape I can only be read by a TK50 and a TK70. >> >> Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have some newer generation DLT drives, but none of them admit to being backwards compatible that far. >> >> Ian >> >> >> . > > I'm not sure if others than DEC branded DLT drives (TZ85,TZ86,TZ87) can read TK50 tapes, but DEC drives sure do. > Even the front of the drive has leds which indicate which formats the drive can handle. > > Like Johnny said, Wikipedia articles aren't always the complete truth of the topic. > > > Regards, > > Kari > > > > --- > Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid=720AED2066A811E29…

13 years, 1 month

Tape drive explosion

by johnhreinhardt＠yahoo.com

I picked up a TSZ08 on Ebay a couple years ago. I haven't used it lately, but it still loads tapes successfully. It's a horizontal 9-track drive like the TSZ07. John H. Reinhardt On 1/25/2013 8:00 AM, Clem Cole wrote: TS08 - great drive, I'd love to find one used. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net <mailto:ian at platinum.net>> wrote: We're any of the other DEC drives released in a scsi version? Ian Sent from my iPad On 2013-01-24, at 8:33 PM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org <mailto:uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>> wrote: > On 25.1.2013 0:26, Ian McLaughlin wrote: >> >> On 2013-01-24, at 2:06 AM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org <mailto:uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>> wrote: >> >>> Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. >> >> Tape leader is fine on this drive. The problem with this cartridge is the spool inside the cartridge jammed and wouldn't rotate causing the drive to not rewind. > Ok. Cartridge failure, then. Could it have been accidentally dropped? I've seen several times DLT cartriges fail after been dropped on the floor. > >>> You can also read a TK50 tape with a newer DLT drive like TZ85, TZ86 and TZ87. >> >> Is this true? According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape a CompacTape I can only be read by a TK50 and a TK70. >> >> Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have some newer generation DLT drives, but none of them admit to being backwards compatible that far. >> >> Ian >> >> >> . > > I'm not sure if others than DEC branded DLT drives (TZ85,TZ86,TZ87) can read TK50 tapes, but DEC drives sure do. > Even the front of the drive has leds which indicate which formats the drive can handle. > > Like Johnny said, Wikipedia articles aren't always the complete truth of the topic. > > > Regards, > > Kari > > > > --- > Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid=720AED2066A811E29…

13 years, 1 month

Tape drive explosion

by clemc＠ccc.com

TS08 - great drive, I'd love to find one used. On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote: We're any of the other DEC drives released in a scsi version? Ian Sent from my iPad On 2013-01-24, at 8:33 PM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote: > On 25.1.2013 0:26, Ian McLaughlin wrote: >> >> On 2013-01-24, at 2:06 AM, Kari Uusim ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote: >> >>> Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If not, the takeup leader should be replaced. >> >> Tape leader is fine on this drive. The problem with this cartridge is the spool inside the cartridge jammed and wouldn't rotate causing the drive to not rewind. > Ok. Cartridge failure, then. Could it have been accidentally dropped? I've seen several times DLT cartriges fail after been dropped on the floor. > >>> You can also read a TK50 tape with a newer DLT drive like TZ85, TZ86 and TZ87. >> >> Is this true? According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape a CompacTape I can only be read by a TK50 and a TK70. >> >> Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have some newer generation DLT drives, but none of them admit to being backwards compatible that far. >> >> Ian >> >> >> . > > I'm not sure if others than DEC branded DLT drives (TZ85,TZ86,TZ87) can read TK50 tapes, but DEC drives sure do. > Even the front of the drive has leds which indicate which formats the drive can handle. > > Like Johnny said, Wikipedia articles aren't always the complete truth of the topic. > > > Regards, > > Kari > > > > --- > Filter service subscribers can train this email as spam or not-spam here: http://my.email-as.net/spamham/cgi-bin/learn.pl?messageid=720AED2066A811E29…

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