Tape drive explosion - HECnet

25 Jan 2013

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

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On 2013-01-24, at 8:33 PM, Kari Uusim  ki <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org> wrote:

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  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

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