54 TK50 tapes on eBay

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Mark J. Blair Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2015 8:42 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: 54 TK50 tapes on eBay Hmm, mystery media to be archived is one of my weak spots... I wonder whether A) any of this stuff might be usable on my 11/730 (which presumably has VMS 5.3 installed, though I haven't dealt with the console boot tape issue yet to bring it up), and B) whether a TK50 drive can be interfaced to my 11/730 under VMS 5.3. Its card cage is already full, though I suppose I could temporarily remove either the ethernet or 1/2" tape drive cards. Can anybody educate me on this subject? -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/ ---- You would need the TUK-50 interface (quad) module to hook the TK50 to a UNIBUS-based system. The TQK-50 interface for TK50 to QBUS is common - TUK-50 is not ... - Henk, PA8PDP