9 Apr
2010
9 Apr
'10
12:21 p.m.
I rescued this thing from a computer store in the area a couple years
ago, and I think it's time to pass it on. From what I was told and what
I can tell, this is a CDC 9-track SCSI tape drive that was removed from
it's original rack/chassis. At the time, this computer store used it to
do some data recovery on some 1980 census tapes from Chicago, and they
had rigged this to a more modern SCSI based PC to do so. So I don't
know what condition it is currently in, and no idea if it works still,
but it did before it was stashed away into storage from what I understand.
If you want it, I can ship it at your expense or more than happy to pass
it along any other means possible, it is located in the Chicagoland area.
Temporarily posted pictures at:
http://www.merry-xmas.net/9track/
Mike
9 Apr
9 Apr
12:40 p.m.
On 9 Apr 2010 at 14:21, Michael Lee wrote:
I rescued this thing from a computer store in the area
a couple years
ago, and I think it's time to pass it on. From what I was told and
what I can tell, this is a CDC 9-track SCSI tape drive that was
removed from it's original rack/chassis. At the time, this computer
store used it to do some data recovery on some 1980 census tapes from
Chicago, and they had rigged this to a more modern SCSI based PC to do
so. So I don't know what condition it is currently in, and no idea if
it works still, but it did before it was stashed away into storage
from what I understand.
From the photos, this may in fact be a rebadged Fujitsu
drive. ISTR
that CDC used them. Regardless, it's going to be heavy--bring
friends.
--Chuck
12:53 p.m.
It was made by MPI / CDC. I have two of them, one a demo from them. As
far as I know the unit was manufactured in Pennsylvania, with materials
from vendors near the plant there, and in the plant,
not farmed out. I
can check with the project engineer and see.
Jim
On 9 Apr 2010 at 14:21, Michael Lee wrote:
I rescued this thing from a computer store in the
area a couple years
ago, and I think it's time to pass it on. From what I was told and
what I can tell, this is a CDC 9-track SCSI tape drive that was
removed from it's original rack/chassis. At the time, this computer
store used it to do some data recovery on some 1980 census tapes from
Chicago, and they had rigged this to a more modern SCSI based PC to do
so. So I don't know what condition it is currently in, and no idea if
it works still, but it did before it was stashed away into storage
from what I understand.
From the photos, this may in fact be a rebadged Fujitsu drive. ISTR
that CDC used
them. Regardless, it's going to be heavy--bring
friends.
--Chuck
2:02 p.m.
On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:40 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
This is a CDC Keystone, not particularly heavy. Are you perhaps
thinking of the Fujitsu M2444A and similar drives?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
I rescued this
thing from a computer store in the area a couple years
ago, and I think it's time to pass it on. From what I was told and
what I can tell, this is a CDC 9-track SCSI tape drive that was
removed from it's original rack/chassis. At the time, this computer
store used it to do some data recovery on some 1980 census tapes from
Chicago, and they had rigged this to a more modern SCSI based PC
to do
so. So I don't know what condition it is currently in, and no
idea if
it works still, but it did before it was stashed away into storage
from what I understand.
From the photos, this may in fact be a rebadged
Fujitsu drive. ISTR
that CDC used them. Regardless, it's going to be
heavy--bring
friends.
3:38 p.m.
On 9 Apr 2010 at 17:02, Dave McGuire wrote:
This is a CDC Keystone, not particularly heavy.
Are you perhaps
thinking of the Fujitsu M2444A and similar drives?
Not the M2444 (I've got one and it's heavy, but I still managed to
get it into a rack all by my lonesome), but a 2000-series. My grey
matter is probably starting to leak out my ears, but I thought that
some of the small R2R CDC drives were made by Fujitsu. Maybe I'm
just remembering wrong.
The last CDC tape drives I had any regular contact with were 65x
series--cost reduced garbage and generally inferior to the old 60x
drives.
--Chuck
7:42 p.m.
On Apr 9, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Yeah. I'm fairly certain this one was made by CDC. It uses air
bearings next to the head and has no tape buffering at all; instead
it has VERY tight servo control on the reel motors. It pulls very
little power and makes a relatively quiet, pleasant whirr when it's
running, far quieter than a vacuum column drive. It's only about
half as deep as a Fujitsu M2444. It's the model 92181, and it was
OEMed by several companies aside from DEC (as the TU80). For
example, I had one for a long time on a large Zilog System-8000 (rack
form factor), with a Zilog label on it.
Those drives are a real pleasure to use.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
This is a
CDC Keystone, not particularly heavy. Are you perhaps
thinking of the Fujitsu M2444A and similar drives?
Not the M2444 (I've got one and it's heavy, but I still managed to
get it into a rack all by my lonesome), but a 2000-series. My grey
matter is probably starting to leak out my ears, but I thought that
some of the small R2R CDC drives were made by Fujitsu. Maybe I'm
just remembering wrong.
The last CDC tape drives I had any regular contact with were 65x
series--cost reduced garbage and generally inferior to the old 60x
drives.
2 p.m.
On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Michael Lee wrote:
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
I rescued this thing from a computer store in the area
a couple
years ago, and I think it's time to pass it on. From what I was
told and what I can tell, this is a CDC 9-track SCSI tape drive
that was removed from it's original rack/chassis. At the time,
this computer store used it to do some data recovery on some 1980
census tapes from Chicago, and they had rigged this to a more
modern SCSI based PC to do so. So I don't know what condition it
is currently in, and no idea if it works still, but it did before
it was stashed away into storage from what I understand.
If you want it, I can ship it at your expense or more than happy to
pass it along any other means possible, it is located in the
Chicagoland area.
Temporarily posted pictures at:
http://www.merry-xmas.net/9track/
CDC 92181 ("Keystone"), Pertec 2-connector formatted interface,
not SCSI. A very nice 1600bpi air-bearing drive. Known to DECheads
as the TU80, where it's mounted horizontally as a top-loader.
-Dave
2:05 p.m.
On Apr 9, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Michael Lee wrote:
Indeed. I converted my first TU-80 using a conversion kit (door, hinges
and some little bags with nuts & bolts. Personally, it looks better
when mounded vertically than horizontally (you see the tapes move).
Ed
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I rescued this thing from a computer store in the
area a couple
years ago, and I think it's time to pass it on. From what I was
told and what I can tell, this is a CDC 9-track SCSI tape drive
that was removed from it's original rack/chassis. At the time,
this computer store used it to do some data recovery on some 1980
census tapes from Chicago, and they had rigged this to a more
modern SCSI based PC to do so. So I don't know what condition it
is currently in, and no idea if it works still, but it did before
it was stashed away into storage from what I understand.
If you want it, I can ship it at your expense or more than happy to
pass it along any other means possible, it is located in the
Chicagoland area.
Temporarily posted pictures at:
http://www.merry-xmas.net/9track/
CDC 92181 ("Keystone"), Pertec 2-connector formatted interface,
not SCSI. A very nice 1600bpi air-bearing drive. Known to DECheads
as the TU80, where it's mounted horizontally as a top-loader.
-Dave
2:01 p.m.
Hmm, looks like a vertical mount version of a Dec TU-80 tapedrive.
I've got 2 of them, very nice units.
It should be a CDC drive. When looking at picture #4, it looks like
it is using a PERTEC type interface, not a SCSI type interface.
Are you sure it was connected using a SCSI interface?
BTW, weight is about 35Kg / 80 Lbs.
Ed
I rescued this thing from a computer store in the area
a couple years
ago, and I think it's time to pass it on. From what I was told and what
I can tell, this is a CDC 9-track SCSI tape drive that was removed from
it's original rack/chassis. At the time, this computer store used it to
do some data recovery on some 1980 census tapes from Chicago, and they
had rigged this to a more modern SCSI based PC to do so. So I don't
know what condition it is currently in, and no idea if it works still,
but it did before it was stashed away into storage from what I understand.
If you want it, I can ship it at your expense or more than happy to pass
it along any other means possible, it is located in the Chicagoland area.
Temporarily posted pictures at:
http://www.merry-xmas.net/9track/
Mike
--
Dit is een HTML vrije email / This is an HTML free email.
2:07 p.m.
The SCSI part is just what I was told at the time, I know very little
about this thing. They could have had used additional hardware to make
that happen at the time. So I've gotten a bunch of responses, and
preference will be to those local.
On 4/9/2010 4:01 PM, E. Groenenberg wrote:
Hmm, looks like a vertical mount version of a Dec
TU-80 tapedrive.
I've got 2 of them, very nice units.
It should be a CDC drive. When looking at picture #4, it looks like
it is using a PERTEC type interface, not a SCSI type interface.
Are you sure it was connected using a SCSI interface?
BTW, weight is about 35Kg / 80 Lbs.
Ed
I rescued this thing from a computer store in the
area a couple years
ago, and I think it's time to pass it on. From what I was told and what
I can tell, this is a CDC 9-track SCSI tape drive that was removed from
it's original rack/chassis. At the time, this computer store used it to
do some data recovery on some 1980 census tapes from Chicago, and they
had rigged this to a more modern SCSI based PC to do so. So I don't
know what condition it is currently in, and no idea if it works still,
but it did before it was stashed away into storage from what I understand.
If you want it, I can ship it at your expense or more than happy to pass
it along any other means possible, it is located in the Chicagoland area.
Temporarily posted pictures at:
http://www.merry-xmas.net/9track/
Mike
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