18 Oct
2016
18 Oct
'16
5:37 p.m.
On 10/18/2016 08:32, Thomas Dzubin wrote:
But, I also have two big rubbermade containers (about half a cubic
meter) filled with TK50 and TK70 tapes which I have never used.
In the past 25 years that I have had them, I have not once ever used
my TK50 or TK70 drives...I've always either booted off the attached
disks or netbooted.
Nothing wrong if that's what's worked for you. Glad to hear you've used
and enjoyed the machines.
Should I just throw these things out? Do any
collectors consider them
to be valuable? Since it's now 2016 and I think the last TK tapes were
made in the 1990s, I'm getting the urge to toss them.
Opinions? Comments?
I think it would be a shame to just thrown them out, though ultimately
it's your call.
I don't know if anybody considers them "valuable," if you mean "can I
make some sweet cash selling them on eBay?" Which doesn't mean you
couldn't sell them on eBay, I just wouldn't expect much from it.
I think they're useful to folks who have drives that can use them, and
they aren't nearly as fragile as QIC or helical scan drives (4mm, 8mm)
of a similar age.
If you're amenable, perhaps somebody within BC might be interested in
them and willing to pick them up? I would, if I were close to one of the
cities you listed...
--S.