30 Aug
2009
30 Aug
'09
10:28 a.m.
Ooo...TU58 tapes, for/from an 11/750! Are these by any
chance the
various diagnostic and maintenance tapes, i.e. BD-xxxxx-DE numbers?
Finding images of that whole 11/750 series has so far been unfruitful
for me, and, as it turns out, I'm just about ready (finally, after
nearly two years of infrequent fiddling with faulty power supplies) to
fire up my 11/750 for the first time. I'd think it would be A Good
Thing to have those tapes for checking everything out. If those tapes
are indeed the diagnostics, I'm up for assisting in getting them imaged.
So far I have been able to gather (with the gracious help of Barry M.)
tapes: 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,17,20,33,41,33,44 and 51. I'd like to fill the
gaps and will happily put my functioning TU58 drive to work getting more
images if that is possible.
Also, I'm looking for some blank/scratch TU58 tapes if anyone has some
gathering dust. Happy to cover shipping, etc.
Many thanks.
-- Jared
I have the following TU58 cartridges, but never checked if the contents
is what is written on the labels. They are "originals", and if no idiot did
overwrite them they might be readable. I did not write down the year
which is also on the printed label (in the range 1981 - 1989).
Here they are, almost verbatim copied the label on them:
BE-T284B-DE
TU58#42 VAX DR750 DIAGNOSTIC
BE-T285H-DE
TU58#43 VAX BUS TEST DIAG
BE-T300I-DE MEU1230A
TU58#44 VAX UDA50 SUBSYSTEM
BE-T304F-DE
TU58#45 VAX DR750/780 DIAG
BE-T326B-ME
TU58#46 VAX DR750 MICROCODE
BE-T536I-ME ME2561
TU58#51 VAX AUTISIZER DIAG
BE-T604B-DE
TU58#53 CI750 DIAG #1
BE-T605N-DE ME5472
TU58#54 VAX CI750 DIAG #2
BE-T872A-DE
TU58#63 VAX 750 FEPCK DIAG
BE-S201V-DE ME58870
TU58?8 VAX11 INSTR
There might be a typo :-), but the BE-S201V is indeed a Pound sign!
One catch: I am in The Netherlands, so you'd pay for shipping to you
and return to me. If that's ok, I can ship them, and you can make the copy.
Note, I have said that I am not sure about the contents, and I want the
tapes back, as I don't have plenty of TU58 cartridges. However, if the
original contents indeed were overwritten (bummer!), you can keep two
cartridges and send just 8 back to lighten the expenses "for nothing".
- Henk.