22 May
2009
22 May
'09
8:56 p.m.
From: Charles H Dickman
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 3:48 PM
Dave McGuire wrote:
> Mmmm, TU56, one of my favorite devices. It makes
me feel really old
> when I think that I've had mine for 24 years now; I got it when I was
> 16. Its left transport has become flaky; I'll be digging into that
> soon. Even with a TD8E they're really sweet drives. I'd love to find
> a TC08 someday.
[snip]
So what can you do with a TC08 that you can't do
with a TD8e? I would
like to have a TC08 also, but with OS/8 it does not gain me much
function. Or does it?
The ability to control more than 2 drives, and the TC08 does not involve
the CPU in interpreting data read backwards from the tape (the complement-
inverse feature/problem).
I'm really glad Ian got the power supplies back together. I was never
gonna get them done right.
Rich Alderson
Vintage Computing Server Engineer
Vulcan, Inc.
505 5th Avenue S, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98104
mailto:RichA at vulcan.com
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