1 Nov
1998
1 Nov
'98
1:01 p.m.
Eric Smith wrote:
Jerome Fine <jhfine(a)idirect.com> wrote:
Jerome Fine replies:
I had not realized that the TU-58 was normally an internal unit. The
one I picked up some years ago was an external unit. Perhaps it came
If anyone has not been able to figure out the
answer to that question,
or with any of the other PDP-11/44 systems, I am looking for a TU-58
tape drive which I understand came as an external unit with this system.
No, they
are normally an internal unit in the CPU rack. from a VAX 750 rather than a PDP-11/44 which is what I
thought
I had remembered.
IMAO, the only thing they are useful for it reading
TU58 media and
transferring it to some more reasonable disk or tape.
Yes, I agree. But every so often, I am asked to read or write one.
The TU58 actually is a serial peripheral; the 11/44
has a dedicated serial
line to it. There is published C source code that can be run on another
computer to emulate a TU58 drive.
Any idea of where that "C" source code is? It might be necessary to
replace the TU-58.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
Year 2000 Solutions for RT-11 Operating Systems and Applications
(Sources not always required)