21 Jul
2006
21 Jul
'06
11:17 p.m.
On Friday 21 July 2006 18:44, Zane H. Healy wrote:
That's the one thing I dislike about the TZ30, it's a real pain to
disassemble to clean. I've never had to deal with a jammed tape, but
I typically clean the drive good prior to using it, and make sure
that the tape is properly aligned in the cartridge.
I really should put together a MicroVAX II with a TK50 to read some
of the tapes I have around here. If they're still readable.
Unfortunately a bunch have been stored under bad conditions.
Ya guys do realize that older DLT drives (possibly even DLT4000's) will
read TK50/TK70 media, I hope?
Pat
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At least TPC files are slightly more portable than some
formats
(RSX-11M+ Virtual Tape comes to mind).
Now if only there were some magic to keep a TK50/TK70/TZ30 drive
working for more than ten minutes. And by "working", I mean
anything that doesn't require disassembly of the drive and the
computer to free a jammed tape. Actually reading the bits is more
than I could hope for :-)