Hello everybody; some time ago I found a strange construction in a bin at the campus, which I'd like to put back together in a way that makes it usable, nice-looking, and doesn't conflict with collector ethics. What I'm talking about is a DEC TK50Z-G3 external enclosure from which the original TK50 (CompacTape I) transport was removed and replaced with a TK70 (CompacTape II) - which made it impossible to re-fit the cover, because the TK70's bezel is about 3 mm (2/16") wider than the cutout in the housing front panel. The access door in the panel's cutout is also in the way but could be removed rather easily. What was obviously not replaced however is the interface board which resides above the transport. The device, when connected to my SPARCclassic and interrogated by "probe-scsi" from the OBP "ok" prompt, reports as follows: Target 5 Unit 0 Removable Tape Qualifier 50. and the board installed bears the number "5017683-01-B1-P2" on the solder side and the designation "TZK-50" on the component side. I suppose this has to match the transport in order to have a functional unit (unless the TK70 is smart enough to say: "You think I'm a TK50, so I'm gonna act as if I was one!"). I'm not in a hurry to get this working (I got some distribution CompacTapes some time ago, but no leads on a matching DEC computer yet), but I'd like to get an idea of what to do with it - which largely depends on whether this is a sensible combination at all. Yours sincerely -- Arno Kletzander Stud. Hilfskraft Informatik Sammlung Erlangen www.iser.uni-erlangen.de Sparen beginnt mit GMX DSL: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl