10 Mar
2002
10 Mar
'02
11:51 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gunther Schadow" <gunther(a)aurora.regenstrief.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: VMS: problems with INITIALIZE MUC6: (TK50)
Could it be that the TK50 tape doesn't play well
with the TQK70
controller? Would it be better if I hooked the TK50 to the DEBNT,
but where on the backplane rear do I connect this sort of thing
and how is the IDC connector wired on the VAXBI side?
The TK70 will read TK50 carts. It will not write to a previously used TK50
unless it is bulk erased, and I
wouldn't trust it then. It's meant to write only to TK70 media.
I don't think the TK50 will work properly (or at all) on a TQK70 controller.
You'd be far better off getting a TK70 tape for it.
Cheers
Geoff in Oz