Fellow techies, I was at Boeing Surplus today in Kent, and I spotted a nice 9-track drive in one of the 'washing machine' style floor cabinets. It was tagged at $25.00. No idea what vintage or density (I was timestressed), but the I/O cable looked like a high-density D-sub-50 (form factor of a D-sub-37, but with 50 contacts spread across three rows). I'll bet it'll still be there tomorrow. Bring at least a pickup truck and two strong bodies if you want it. Keep the peace(es). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"