20 Jul
1999
20 Jul
'99
5:44 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerome Fine <jhfine(a)idirect.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 8:30 PM
Subject: Using a TK50 tape on a TK70?
Someone who is very experienced has suggested doing a
bulk erase
on a TK50 tape and using it in a TK70 tape drive! Has anyone
ever done so and what happened?
I want to decide if a TK70 is the drive for doing backups? It is
more than twice as fast as a TK50 and the capacity is about
4 times when a TK70 is used. Also, the "/VERIFY:ONLY"
switch in BUP works very well taking less than double the
time as a straight RESTORE.
Can anyone else comment please?
Please have a look at:
http://www.netbsd.org/Library/Hardware/Machines/DEC/vax/tk50.html
cheers,
emanuel