21 Apr
2006
21 Apr
'06
4:11 p.m.
On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 11:21 -0500, Jay West wrote:
Tandberg did not only make QIC tapes.
They were very big on reel-to-reel
audio back in the day - a major innovator and a cornerstone Norwegian
company - but Tandberg Data was separated out when the radio part went
bust (which is a complete shame - their stuff was incredibly
well-designed.) and continued to make data tape drives and (also one of
my favorite) terminals.
Anyway, they made terminals and I believe they also made 9-track tape
drives. I have spoken to people on Usenet who still work at Tandberg
Data and who have been around for a while. If you'd like some info I
could definitely forward questions.
-toresbe :)
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 :)