11 Jun
2007
11 Jun
'07
5:45 p.m.
On 11 Jun 2007 at 17:18, Rick Bensene wrote:
let the system know it was ready for use. The Cyber
73 had one old
7-Track magtape drive, and two nine-track drives. I think that the
7-Track was 800BPI, and the 9-Tracks could read/write 800BPI and 1200BPI
tapes.
The 7-track was probably a 657 (if it was blue-glass type) or 607 if
it was a big orange unit. 200-556-800 bpi. The 9-track was likely a
659 (800-1600); I think the later auto-threading 669's could handle
6250 GCR.
I almost (the movers were due to come in three days) took a job as
project manager in Wilsonville for the Tek Color Graphics Terminal.
A little voice in the middle of the night told me that the whole
affair didn't smell right--and I opted out the next morning. I later
discovered that Tek lost a pile of money on the project and it was
probably in deep trouble when I interviewed.
Sometimes you go with your gut.
Cheers,
Chuck