Scanning - was Fujitsu M2442 9 track tape drive disposal.

Glen Slick Wrote: M2441A Standalone, 100 IPS Streaming, 12.5 IPS Start/Stop M2442A Rack mount, 100 IPS Streaming, 12.5 IPS Start/Stop M2443A Standalone, 75 IPS Streaming, 25 IPS Streaming M2444A Rack mount, 75 IPS Streaming, 25 IPS Streaming M244xAC models have a 256KB buffer adapter installed. M2441A / M2443A 110 kg , 242 lb. M2442A / M2444A 90 kg, 198 lb. ------------------------------- Billy responds: I was the field service manager at Fujitsu America for 8 years (1986 on) and supported all their US customers of tape and disks (plus scanners, printers and MO devices.) While cleaning out old manuals recently, I came across a market survey we did in 1988. It includes detailed charts on every tape, and disk available at that time, plus many that were obsolete but still being used. (Included a lot of pricing data too.) It would be ideal to answer questions like this or the running thread on RLL, ST412 comparisons. I gave it to Al K. a couple of weeks ago. But he has an incredible backlog; if we help him out somehow, maybe we can get him to scan some sections of the survey. It also had some Fujitsu sales brochures, but I don't remember if I included any tape brochures. If Al doesn't have a manual you need on a Fujitsu product, let me know. I gave all my manuals to one of the engineers who worked for me. I talked to him recently, and he believes he still has them all in his garage. When I move back to the Bay area in August, I'll go through them - compare to what is on bitsavers and try to scan the delta to add to bitsavers. At this point, there is so much to be scanned that I'm reluctant to give anything to Al unless there is a demand for it. He already has backlogged years of stuff ready for scanning today. It's well past time that the rest of us interested in the hobby pitch in. This shouldn't be a one man effort. We all benefit from saving this data. Billy