2 Feb
2004
2 Feb
'04
5:20 p.m.
On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 22:13, Doc Shipley wrote:
Yea, it really sucks!
Yea, the TU80 is pretty nice (mainly cause it works)! I have a TS11, a
couple of Kennedy (9600?) drives in storage. They'll be *way* cooler
because they have the tape vertical (so it looks like a proper tape
drive). I also have a TE16 that's slated for my 11/70 but since it's a
massbus tape drive, I can't do anything with it until I have the 70
running. It will be *way* cool because it's a vacuum column drive.
My machine room (garage) when I have the 11/45 powered up (3 H960 racks
each with fans in the top + all of the other fans in the 11/45, BA11,
etc) is quite noisy. The 11/70 will be deafening (5 H960's) once it's
working.
Wouldn't
ya know after I created a new tape on the 11, I go to read it
on my PC and my SCSI 9-track tape drive has died. It won't power up.
:-( I smelled something funny in my office when I got home today but
couldn't quite figure it out (the drive was "on" but in standby). I
guess I know what that smell was.
Oh, man! I hate it when that happens! Go figure. A
tape drive that is > 20 years old works great. A newer
one (what are the dates on a TSZ07?) dies. I guess the old adage "They
don't make 'em like they used to" still holds.
I love my TU80. When it starts moving tape, I feel like I'm in the
Bat Cave or some stuff. The TZ07 just doesn't carry the same thrill.
That is a true fact. Loading 2.11BSD over a serial line was an
exercise in napping. :)
Just loading a single RL02 image was about 6 hours!
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TTFN - Guy