6 Feb
2013
6 Feb
'13
7:39 p.m.
Chuck Guzis [cclist at sydex.com] wrote:
I remember that the old DEC TK-50 DLT drives would
leave me red-faced
at the end of the day. However, I'm wondering what the *latest* drive
(i.e. most advanced) is that can still *read* the old TK50
tapes? Can
one go as far as a TK85? Later?
I think the TK88 was the first to drop backwards read compatibility with
the TK50/TK70 tapes.
Here's something that suggests I might not be far off the mark:
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rdv/comp-arch-storage/dlt-faq.html
Antonio
arcarlini at iee.org