24 Nov
2003
24 Nov
'03
2:55 a.m.
> Dunno which tape you are using, but: the
address...
Ian I think he means your drive and controller.
Have you told the list what controllers you're using?
http://world.std.com/~mbg/pdp11-field-guide.txt :
"TC02 Q Emulex Pertec-interface tape drive controller.
Emulates TS11."
Since the tape drives are different
(the PDP-11 one is Pertec, the Prime one is SCSI),
Nine track tapes tend to be pretty interchangeable
across a given density (800bpi,1600bpi,etc.)
I never sweated the Formatted/Streaming issue before
now though. Could a list member comment if Those
tapes are interchangeable?
Here's another quick suggestion.
There's a fair chance that your hard drive has a working O/S on it too.
I'll have to look up in the manual, but I _think_
the default
on my drive is 1600bpi,
Keep all the relevant manuals handy.
They're _very_valuable to your task.
John A.