19 Apr
2006
19 Apr
'06
10:54 a.m.
Jay West wrote:
Jim wrote...
<snip>
the only nice thing is that they didn't chop the tape cable, though it
has a really exotic Mil twist lock on
the end of it. Fits the theory that this was a mil pull.
This came from a Tucson scrapper, which probably suggests it is a pull
It appeared to have had a Tandberg tape drive
attached at some time.
In all my years of focusing on HP 2100/21MX M-E-F boxes, I've only
come across ONE of those tandberg tape interfaces. I'd love to know
what drive they went to - I believe the tandberg interface was 3rd
party. I would imagine (given "Tandberg") that we're talking QIC-525
or something like that? I have no clue, as I said I've only seen one
interface. I stuck in on the shelf in case I ever found said drive :)
from a test system that
was struck by AMARC, or
other entity there.
I'll get a better scan of the Tandberg controller and see what I can see
on the connector. Qic interface
fits quite well, though they did make a 1/2 inch drive before that.
Their stuff and Fujitsu, I expect will
just work forever, it is so well made, if the smog monsters don't eat
the rubber parts. Wish I had
known about the tape drive, I could have looked at the guy's auctions
and at least been able to ID it,
but I have had this long enough there won't be any way to go back and
look now.
Jim