TK50/TK70 Info

[Paul Anderson]

Opps, that should have been private, sorry.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Kyle,
>
> Any updates for the trip?
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Kyle Owen <kylevowen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I hope to start backing up my MicroVAX 3800 soon via the TK70. Sounds like
>> 8mm is more unreliable than the TK70, and I don't have but one
>> magneto-optical disk.
>>
>> Are there any precautions I need to take before sticking a tape in the
>> drive? Pinch rollers that might be gooey?
>>
>> I assume the TK70 drive is backwards compatible with TK50 tapes?
>>
>> Lastly, I've got some tapes that I couldn't find much info on. Here are
>> the
>> labels:
>>
>> ER206200-00 REV G 1.03
>> P4000 DOWNLINE VMS SOFTWARE
>> 09-29-89
>> (C) 1988 EMULEX
>>
>> ER2062014-00 REV A
>> P4000 LAT-TCP/IP VER 2.00
>> 05/14/90 TK50 (VMS LOAD)
>> (C) 1990 EMULEX
>>
>> ER2062014-00 REV 01
>> P4000 LAT-TCP/IP VER 2.00B2
>> 05/1/90 TK50 (VMS LOAD)
>> (C) 1990 EMULEX
>>
>> ER2062014-00 REV 00
>> P4000 LAT-TCP/IP SOFTWARE
>> 3-22-90 TK50 (VMS LOAD)
>> (C) 1990 EMULEX
>>
>> Are any of those worth keeping? Any tips on getting those tapes online
>> using my VAX? I know there are utilities for the PDP-8 and PDP-11 world,
>> but being thrown into VAX and VMS so quickly, it may take me a bit to
>> catch
>> up. Any recommendations on reading material?
>>
>> I also have a tape for VAX Occam 2 from INMOS. I know what that is, as I
>> have a 64-node Transputer array. It'd be nice to get that going at some
>> point for fun.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kyle
>>
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