28 Jan
2009
28 Jan
'09
5:12 p.m.
From: B M
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:27 PM
Can a DEC TU80 tape drive (a 1600bpi device) read
800bpi tapes? The
goal is to archive several 9-track tapes I have. The tapes were
originally for a PDP-11 system, but I do not know the original tape
format (RT? RSTS? DOS? ...).
From the TU80 user guide on bitsavers.org, this is
strictly a 1600bpi
device. You need to find another tape drive for your project.
Rich Alderson
Server Engineer, PDPplanet Project
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
(206) 342-2239
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