16 Jan
2018
16 Jan
'18
9:51 a.m.
I understand very well your concerns about sending by mail rare data on
magnetic media. It's a pity that I live so far away (in Belgium), even
if I have not finished to configure my machines, at the end I should be
able to write anything on any media, and concerning magnetic tapes it
will be from 500 to 6250 bpi.
If one day you find in your stock a communication board for Nova 1200
that you do not use please note that I am a potential buyer.
In the meantime, I have to find solutions to reopen all my old monsters
to the outside world ;-)
Dominique
On 16/01/2018 15:19, Jay West via cctalk wrote:
The 'other Jay' wrote...
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Diagnostics for DG systems are notoriously difficult to find. I have a few, in listing
format.
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I have a full official DG-issued/labeled original diagnostic OS tape. I do believe it is
at 800bpi though. If I had an 800 bpi drive (everything I have is 1600-6250) I'd image
it for everyone.
I have a nice S/130 rack that I was almost finished restoring till Bruce Ray stopped
responding. It's been sitting in my workshop for years now and I may have to just get
rid of it. Next to it is a pile of about 8 nova 800/1200 cpus (all stuffed with boards)
that I was going to start on next, but was waiting till the S/130 was done. I'd like
to get done with them so I can move on to other machines that need to be restored... but
may have to just move them out altogether.
I'm wary of just sending the tape through the mail for imaging.... maybe I can find
someone local with an 800 bpi tape drive and eric smith's tapeutils.
J