12 Jun
2016
12 Jun
'16
4:15 a.m.
On 12/06/2016 11:31, Adrian Graham wrote:
On 12/06/2016 11:00, "Rod Smallwood"
<rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
Thanks Graham
Now that sounds highly likely. Does the TK70 controller support the
TK50 drive perchance?
I have a TK 50 controller I can aways put that back in.
Ro
OK we are moving forward.
Drive is TK70
Interface card is a TQK70 controller
The cart is a TK50 as that's all I have.
The write protect slide is to write protect off.
Cart loads normally and activity light goes to on.
Write protect light is off
I can now get the INIT to start and ask init Y/N.
INIT starts but write protect light comes on
System halts on an I/O error
.sh dev:mu
gives
Device Status CSR Vector(s)
--------- -------- ---
----------
MU 122722 174500 260 254
Nearly there I think. I have loads of TK50 tapes to format.
I'm pretty sure
the TK70 can only read TK50 tapes and not write to them...