18 Aug
2005
18 Aug
'05
11:04 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com>
Sent: Aug 18, 2005 1:58 PM
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Subject: 1/2" tape cleaner?
Ashley's plea for empty dectape reels made me think I should ask here...
I'm looking to find a 1/2" tape cleaner. Anyone on the east coast have
one they don't need?
I'd also be curious to hear from Ashley (or others) how reading old
DECtapes goes - do you ever have "sticktion" problems? or see stick-shed
syndrom?
(ah, I remember watching os/8 load off a dectape unit connected to an 8/i
running tss/8... It had 4 8/l's slaved off it and 'served' the dectape
drive
up to which ever asked for it)
-brad
I think that Al Kossow has lots of experience reading old DECtapes based on
the good DecTape archives that he has on bitsavers. Al, can you share a
little of your experience and insight with the rest of us? How well do these
things hold up 30-35 years later when they are actually being read and
written to on a TU56?
Ashley