I finally got back to working on my PDP-11/44, and finished cleaning it up yesterday. So now I'm ready to start testing stuff. Which brings me to my question, I went ahead and plugged the TU-58 drives in to see if they would give any indication of life. Not a thing. Do they have to be plugged into the line (serial I think), or have a tape in them before they will show any signs of life? Zane | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ |