At the local swap this morning I picked up a virgin TK70 streaming tape drive. When I say virgin, I mean it is in the shipping carton, is still sealed in an anti-static bag, includes the manual, and also that sheet of 'stickies' to make the meaning of various lights and such meaningful to those who do not understand English. In a discussion of COMPACTape II, it was stated that those tapes were interchangeable with the earlier tapes in the TK50 drives. It was also noted, as has been covered here several times, that if written to by a TK50, the tape was readable by a TK70 but could not be written to by a TK70. This is the first time I have heard that the use of the II tapes in a TK50 was a factory authorized usage. Interesting! Perhaps useful considering the scarcity of the older tapes. Question: Can a TK70 be used as a 'drop-in' replacement for a TK50 in a VAXstation 2000? If so, I would assume that it would NOT record at TK70 density. - don

-> Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> wrote: -> > >HP Series 100 Communicator Volumes 7-12 (very cool) -> > -> > Now those are unusual. I have two volumes but I've never been able to -> > find any more of them. Where did you find them? Joe, Since you are a member of this list also, perhaps you will see this message and contact me about the purchase I made of the Millennium MicroSystem Analyzer from you on eBay on April 9th. I haven't heard from you since April 10th when you wrote "it will probably be Thursday before I can get back in touch with you." This was concerning the cost of shipping. I haven't heard from you and I've been trying to contact you . Perhaps my emails are not reaching you? To all, FYI I have sent Joe several emails since the 19th of April, with no replies forthcoming, and I even called his home the other day and left my phone number and a message on his answering machine for him to please contact me, but there has been no response from him yet. Is he sick or in ill health? Does anyone know? Sorry to impose upon the group and the bandwidth with this, but I need Joe to get in touch with me, and since he posts to this group also I figured I give this a try. Bill whdawson(a)mlynk.com -> HP used to ship the current "Series 100 Communicator" in the box with -> your new Series 100 (i.e. 120, presumably 125, and 150) computer, or -> more likely in the box with its keyboard. I don't remember seeing -> them with 110s or Portable Pluses, but that could just be my defective -> memory. -> -> If you liked it and wanted more you had to buy a subscription. Given -> that it was mostly filled with new-product announcements for stuff -> that we either wouldn't use or could ask our sales rep about, and -> usage tips that weren't especially non-obvious, we didn't bother. -> -> -Frank McConnell ->