18 Aug
2005
18 Aug
'05
2:04 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Parker <brad at heeltoe.com>
Sent: Aug 18, 2005 1:58 PM
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Subject: 1/2" tape cleaner?
Ashley's plea for empty dectape reels made me think I should ask here...
I'm looking to find a 1/2" tape cleaner. Anyone on the east coast have
one they don't need?
I'd also be curious to hear from Ashley (or others) how reading old
DECtapes goes - do you ever have "sticktion" problems? or see stick-shed
syndrom?
(ah, I remember watching os/8 load off a dectape unit connected to an 8/i
running tss/8... It had 4 8/l's slaved off it and 'served' the dectape
drive
up to which ever asked for it)
-brad
I think that Al Kossow has lots of experience reading old DECtapes based on
the good DecTape archives that he has on bitsavers. Al, can you share a
little of your experience and insight with the rest of us? How well do these
things hold up 30-35 years later when they are actually being read and
written to on a TU56?
Ashley
18 Aug
18 Aug
2:23 p.m.
I'd also
be curious to hear from Ashley (or others) how reading old
DECtapes goes - do you ever have "sticktion" problems? or see stick-shed
syndrom?
(ah, I remember watching os/8 load off a dectape unit connected to an 8/i
running tss/8... It had 4 8/l's slaved off it and 'served' the dectape
drive
up to which ever asked for it)
-brad
I think that Al Kossow has lots of experience reading old DECtapes based on
the good DecTape archives that he has on bitsavers. Al, can you share a
little of your experience and insight with the rest of us? How well do these
things hold up 30-35 years later when they are actually being read and
written to on a TU56? 
2:30 p.m.
I think that Al Kossow has lots of experience reading old DECtapes based
on
the good DecTape archives that he has on bitsavers. Al, can you share a
little of your experience and insight with the rest of us? How well do
these
things hold up 30-35 years later when they are actually being read and
written to on a TU56?
Ashley
Along the same line of sharing from AL, can you share with us what equipment
you use to scan books, manuals, and papers in order to archive them on
bitsavers? I need to start a project here at the museum to start archiving
the books, manuals, papers, schematics, and other stuff before they are lost
forever. Also need to start moving stuff from older media to CD's or DVD's
to archive some of the tapes, 5 1/4 FD and other media. Thanks John
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