New Finds Today - Specifically the TK25

Jerome Fine replies: the tape has been tensioned the first time it is inserted - which may take as long as a few minutes - but can often be done while other things are happening - like booting the OS). In RT-11, I also use VBGEXE to increase the size of the buffers when I do a "/VERIFY:ONLY" command (yes I know - that notation can't be used with VBGEXE which requires CSI switches). I may have a spare controller. Do you have anything to swap? I may also have a few spare cartridges. The drive uses standard DC600A tapes (1/4" QIC cartridges). The only drawback compared to a TK50 is that the capacity is less than 2 RT-11 partitions, but when it comes to doing a "/VERIFY:ONLY" on a TK50, it takes so long that I never used the TK50 for regular backup, only as an off-site exchange media. And then, a VERIFY operation consisted of doing a RESTORE to a scratch partition followed by a BINCOM with the original file or partition. Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine