27 Feb
2002
27 Feb
'02
7:16 p.m.
--- Jerome Fine <jhfine(a)idirect.com> wrote:
I am attempting to recover some files from a DECTAPE
II cartridge.
They are in RT-11 format, so the most useful drive would be a TU-58.
Does anyone have a spare drive that they are willing to sell or at
least rent for a long time? The one that I prefer is a dual desk
top box with its own internal power supply and a 10 pin header...
I do not have that model... I am using one from inside a VAX-11/725
with a custom power cable to tap from a PC PSU disk drive connector. I
sit the drive on top of a PeeCee with the skins off and the wires
disappearing into the innards of the box.
A TU-58 is normally standard with a PDP-11/44, so if
the 11/44 is not
in a state to be rescued, that at least if there is a TU-58 available,
please contact me.
If you have a VT103 w/TU58, you could approximate the table-top TU58
enclosure. Additionally, they did come in the 11/750, but they are
bolted to the inside of the CPU cabinet and not a discrete entity
as they are in an 11/730 or 11/725. Didn't ancient HSC controllers
have a TU58 drive in them, for microcode patches?
They may also have been used with a VAX 11/780.
Not as far as I know. The 11/780 came with an 11/03 as a console
processor and RX01 console media.
No matter what you get, don't forget to check the rubber puck for
gooeiness. Most of mine have turned to jelly and been replaced.
I have had good success with Allison's suggestion of using tygon
tubing from the hardware store. I bought 12" of it for much less
than $1 and I have yet to run out.
-ethan
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