6 Feb
2013
6 Feb
'13
2:24 p.m.
I remember that the old DEC TK-50 DLT drives would leave me red-faced at
the end of the day. However, I'm wondering what the *latest* drive
(i.e. most advanced) is that can still *read* the old TK50 tapes? Can
one go as far as a TK85? Later?
I suspect that a DLT IV drive wouldn't stand a chance.
Anyone have experience with this?
--Chuck
6 Feb
6 Feb
2:36 p.m.
On 02/06/2013 02:24 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I remember that the old DEC TK-50 DLT drives would
leave me red-faced at
the end of the day. However, I'm wondering what the *latest* drive
(i.e. most advanced) is that can still *read* the old TK50 tapes? Can
one go as far as a TK85? Later?
I suspect that a DLT IV drive wouldn't stand a chance.
Anyone have experience with this?
I'm told the -85, -86, and -87 drives can read TK50s, but I haven't
tried it myself. I just set up a TF85 (DSSI) and will be trying it
soon, as I have a few hundred TK50s to image...and I don't want to end
up red-faced. ;)
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
2:39 p.m.
At 11:24 AM -0800 2/6/13, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I remember that the old DEC TK-50 DLT drives would
leave me
red-faced at the end of the day. However, I'm wondering what the
*latest* drive (i.e. most advanced) is that can still *read* the old
TK50 tapes? Can one go as far as a TK85? Later?
I suspect that a DLT IV drive wouldn't stand a chance.
Anyone have experience with this?
--Chuck
I *may* have a chart on this somewhere... IIRC only the DEC drives
can read them, the Quantum branded ones can't. Ah, that was easy to
google. Looks like a TK87 is the last drive.
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/wiz_7762.html
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3:36 p.m.
On 02/06/2013 11:39 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I *may* have a chart on this somewhere... IIRC only
the DEC drives can
read them, the Quantum branded ones can't. Ah, that was easy to
google. Looks like a TK87 is the last drive.
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/wiz_7762.html
Just what I was looking for, thanks!
I hate dealing with old tapes--anyone want to sub-contract on the part
of a job that includes 15 9-track and 2 TK-50s? I'm assuming they're
all from DEC gear (probably a VAX-something-or-the-other).
Let me know privately if you're interested.
--Chuck
11:54 p.m.
On 2013-02-06 20:39, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 11:24 AM -0800 2/6/13, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Sorry to jump in, without being able to check in my garage.
They are two version out there of the Tx87. I think the "normal" Tx87
and the Tx87-N. Only the later can read the tk50/tk70. They even have a
LED in the front, which shows the "tk50/tk70" mode.
Cheers
I remember that the old DEC TK-50 DLT drives
would leave me red-faced
at the end of the day. However, I'm wondering what the *latest* drive
(i.e. most advanced) is that can still *read* the old TK50 tapes? Can
one go as far as a TK85? Later?
I suspect that a DLT IV drive wouldn't stand a chance.
Anyone have experience with this?
--Chuck
I *may* have a chart on this somewhere... IIRC only the DEC drives can
read them, the Quantum branded ones can't. Ah, that was easy to
google. Looks like a TK87 is the last drive.
7 Feb
7 Feb
12:36 a.m.
On 02/06/2013 08:54 PM, emanuel stiebler wrote:
Sorry to jump in, without being able to check in my
garage.
They are two version out there of the Tx87. I think the "normal" Tx87
and the Tx87-N. Only the later can read the tk50/tk70. They even have a
LED in the front, which shows the "tk50/tk70" mode.
According to the chart posted earlier, it's the "-N" varieties that are
NOT TK50-TK70 compatible.
--Chuck
6 Feb
6 Feb
2:39 p.m.
Chuck Guzis [cclist at sydex.com] wrote:
I remember that the old DEC TK-50 DLT drives would
leave me red-faced
at the end of the day. However, I'm wondering what the *latest* drive
(i.e. most advanced) is that can still *read* the old TK50
tapes? Can
one go as far as a TK85? Later?
I think the TK88 was the first to drop backwards read compatibility with
the TK50/TK70 tapes.
Here's something that suggests I might not be far off the mark:
http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~rdv/comp-arch-storage/dlt-faq.html
Antonio
arcarlini at iee.org
3:38 p.m.
On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 11:24:33AM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I remember that the old DEC TK-50 DLT drives would
leave me red-faced
at the end of the day. However, I'm wondering what the *latest*
drive (i.e. most advanced) is that can still *read* the old TK50
tapes? Can one go as far as a TK85? Later?
I suspect that a DLT IV drive wouldn't stand a chance.
Anyone have experience with this?
I'm 99% sure I've read TK50s with a DLT2000XT drive (DLTIIIXT).
My hazy recollection is that the support was read-only in that drive.
No idea about anything later...
John Wilson
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