22 Jul
2011
22 Jul
'11
2:22 p.m.
From: "Jochen Kunz" <jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:44 PM
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: 9 Track Tape Drive Interface Variants
And there is still an other option: Slaughter the
TC-130 for the UniBus
interface chips. Interface some modernish microcontroler to the UniBus
and build my own tape (or whatever) controller. ;-)
Hi Jochen,
I have a Kennedy 9100 with the Western Peripherals TC-130.
It is acting funny. Sometimes the tapes moves, but then the big reel
motors stop (holding at steady current) while the capstan roller spins.
Not good for the tape ... :-( One of many "repair things" here.
Anyway, if you decide to slaughter the TC-130 for the UNIBUS drivers
let me know! I will trade the TC-130 for several DZ11 boards, say 3?
You can rip 3x as many UNIBUS chips from those!
- Henk
(Niederlande)