4 Nov
1999
4 Nov
'99
12:25 a.m.
On Thursday, November 04, 1999 4:21 AM, Joe [SMTP:rigdonj@intellistar.net]
wrote:
doesn't
Mike,
At 12:29 AM 11/4/99 -0800, you wrote:
>A HP 9144A tape thing is sitting at one of the salvage places I go by.
>There is a tape in it, but thats about all I can tell. Location is
southern
Orange county.
The 9144 is a tape backup. It's HP-IB and can be used EXACTLY like a
HP-IB disk drive. You can even boot from it but it's S-L-O-W and HP
advise it except in case of emergency. It's
capacity depends on which
tape
you use in it. The "S" tape has a capacity
of 15 Mb and the "L" tape has
a
capacity of about 65 Mb. The 9144s are common but the
tapes are sort of
hard to come by. I could use the tape if you can get it without any
trouble. The 9144 uses a 16 track tape. The 9145 is similar but uses a
32
track tape. BTW the 9144 and 9145 both use
preformatted tapes. You MUST
use preformatted HP tapes in them. The 9145 can read but not write 9144
tapes, I have neve been able to find 9145 tapes.
Joe
I recently pickup up a 9144 and it works great with my HP9000. I've also
got a couple of boxes of new tapes and might be willing to part with a few
if someone REALLY needs them (Joe?).
Later,
Steve Robertson - <steverob(a)hotoffice.com>