14 Jul
2012
14 Jul
'12
1:13 p.m.
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 8:09 AM, E. Groenenberg <quapla at xs4all.nl> wrote:
I have found a TK50 tape which has written 'VMS 2.5' on it.
I have no read the tape so I do not know if contains anything
at all. If it does contain something, it could be an installation
duplicate or just a backup of some system.
Free for who wants it, I only ask for the postage fee to be paid
(approx $10 - $15 for worldwide shipping)
All right, I got the tape today (thanks Ed and Sander). It's labeled
"DEC VMS 2.5", and it seems to be in very good condition. I pulled out
a little tape and checked the bit until the BOT hole. No stickiness or
other problems. Loaded it in one of my TK-50 certified TZ87-TA's
(which I tend to keep very clean and well maintained) and dumped the
tape to an image. No problems whatsoever.
Unfortunately, the tape does not contain an old version of VAX VMS,
but version 2.5 of the QMS network printer driver symbiont
(QMSSMBPSE025.A)
If this is of interest to anyone, let me know and I'll send you the
tape image (in SIMH format).
Camiel.