10 Feb
2016
10 Feb
'16
11:40 a.m.
From: Christian Corti
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 2:28 AM
On Tue, 9 Feb 2016, Pete Lancashire wrote:
> There are a few odd balls in 9-track as well, but
the 556 was a typo.
Really?
I actually *do* have a 9 track tape drive (HP 7970)
that has 200/556/800
bpi densities:
And it is a *9* track tape, I know for sure.
Actually, what you have is a *dual-density* tape drive, an HP7970E. It
will write 9-track tapes at 800bpi, or 7-track tapes at 200, 556, or 800.
See the manual for the 7970 drive family at
http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/hp/tape/7970/07970-90885_7…
Rich
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Sr. Systems Engineer
Living Computer Museum
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Seattle, WA 98134
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