17 Jul
2006
17 Jul
'06
9:40 a.m.
I have a friend who has a DC100a tape with no way
to read it. Just wondering if anyone here can and
get data onto a pc.
I do have a Colorado Jumbo 250 that I have used
DC 2120 QIC-80 tapes with. But don't know
if that would read DC100a tapes.
Keven Miller
kevenm at reeltapetransfer.com
Orem UT 84097.
17 Jul
17 Jul
10:35 a.m.
Hi Keven
To the best of my knowloedge, DC100 tapes are physical identical to DC600
tapes, so there is no way you can read it on DC2120 drives.
DC100's are so "vintage", that they are pre-SCSI. I would expect a QIC-02
or
QIC-36 formatting, implying that it needs its own controller.
Nico
www.farumdata.dk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miller, Keven" <kevenm at reeltapetransfer.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 6:40 PM
Subject: Reading DC100a tapes
I have a friend who has a DC100a tape with no way
to read it. Just wondering if anyone here can and
get data onto a pc.
I do have a Colorado Jumbo 250 that I have used
DC 2120 QIC-80 tapes with. But don't know
if that would read DC100a tapes.
Keven Miller
kevenm at reeltapetransfer.com
Orem UT 84097.
10:39 a.m.
Looking very emarrassed .....
Sorry, I goofed. I mixed it up with a DC300 tape...
Sorry
Nico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miller, Keven" <kevenm at reeltapetransfer.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 6:40 PM
Subject: Reading DC100a tapes
I have a friend who has a DC100a tape with no way
to read it. Just wondering if anyone here can and
get data onto a pc.
I do have a Colorado Jumbo 250 that I have used
DC 2120 QIC-80 tapes with. But don't know
if that would read DC100a tapes.
Keven Miller
kevenm at reeltapetransfer.com
Orem UT 84097.
4:18 p.m.
Aren't DC-100A tapes PHYSICALLY identical with the HP 98200 (HP 85, 98xx,
etc.) as well as the DEC TU58-type tapes? Nico's right--it's very
vintage, and AFAIK, no formal standard exists for recording on the media
itself (i.e., each manufacturer is different).
Cheers,
Chuck
10:03 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: Reading DC100a tapes
Aren't DC-100A tapes PHYSICALLY identical with the
HP 98200 (HP 85, 98xx,
etc.) as well as the DEC TU58-type tapes? Nico's right--it's very
vintage, and AFAIK, no formal standard exists for recording on the media
itself (i.e., each manufacturer is different).
According to http://www.athana.com/html/minicart.html they are identical to
HP85. I don't know about TU58, sorry.
ISTR that I did a bit of digging last year for a potential customer, but the
result was negative. I could find neither used drives nor any info on the
formatting.
Seems like a dead end to me, unless a working HP85 could be found.
BTW : Any new entries for my list at http://www.farumdata.dk/uk/enmuseum.asp
?
Nico
18 Jul
18 Jul
9:08 a.m.
"Nico de Jong" wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: Reading DC100a tapes
Would it be possible to put a random DC-100A or HP85 tape in a TU-58 and
connect the heads (after amplification) to an A/D like Al is doing with
9-tracks?
Or are all the heads (and the tracks) different between manufacturers?
(no doubt they are, but I thought I'd ask)
Just curious if anyone knows. I have concidered doing some advanced
TU-58 recovery. I have been collecting drives & electronics and have
finally reached critical mass this summer.
-brad
Aren't DC-100A tapes PHYSICALLY identical
with the HP 98200 (HP 85, 98xx,
etc.) as well as the DEC TU58-type tapes? Nico's right--it's very
vintage, and AFAIK, no formal standard exists for recording on the media
itself (i.e., each manufacturer is different).
According to http://www.athana.com/html/minicart.html they are identical to
HP85. I don't know about TU58, sorry.
ISTR that I did a bit of digging last year for a potential customer, but the
result was negative. I could find neither used drives nor any info on the
formatting.
Seems like a dead end to me, unless a working HP85 could be found.
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