30 Sep
2004
30 Sep
'04
5:49 a.m.
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:
This is probably why I have about 10 of the
TZ85, 86, 87 and 88
drives around here, in both DSSI (TF) as well as SCSI (TZ) variants :)
Indeed, TZ85's reliably read TK50 and TK70 carts.
--f
Zane>
I'd much rather have to retrieve data from a TK50 than a 4mm or
Zane> a 8mm!
Indeed, since DLT drives tend to have read compability going WAY
back. You may be able to read it on a current drive.
paul
Trust me, you can't. If you had a genuine DEC drive, up through something
like a TK87 or TK88 can read TK50 and TK70 tapes, but the equivalent Quantum
drives can't. Most of the drives we have now can no longer read DLT III
tapes, and the ones we'll be recieving in our next Library can't read DLT IV
tapes from what I heard yesterday.