21 Sep
2004
21 Sep
'04
2:21 p.m.
Two 3420 drives and 3803 controller, in Maine USA.
It seems that the last of the 1/2 inch tapes are finally coming out of
service in the mainframe shops. I have been noticing less and less of the
3420s in the scrapyards, and pretty soon, they will be gone. One things I
regret never acting on is a 3380/3880 DASD (that is hard disk in Big Blue)
system - they were very abundant in the scrap yards five years ago, but
now are basically not to be found.
I am happy that my 3420 setup popped up in Manhattan not far from me. The
whole deal worked out pretty well - they keep wanting me to come back and
take stuff, for free!
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org