TK50/TK70 Info

[Paul Anderson]

Hi Kyle,

Any updates for the trip?

On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Kyle Owen <kylevowen at gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope to start backing up my MicroVAX 3800 soon via the TK70. Sounds like
> 8mm is more unreliable than the TK70, and I don't have but one
> magneto-optical disk.
>
> Are there any precautions I need to take before sticking a tape in the
> drive? Pinch rollers that might be gooey?
>
> I assume the TK70 drive is backwards compatible with TK50 tapes?
>
> Lastly, I've got some tapes that I couldn't find much info on. Here are the
> labels:
>
> ER206200-00 REV G 1.03
> P4000 DOWNLINE VMS SOFTWARE
> 09-29-89
> (C) 1988 EMULEX
>
> ER2062014-00 REV A
> P4000 LAT-TCP/IP VER 2.00
> 05/14/90 TK50 (VMS LOAD)
> (C) 1990 EMULEX
>
> ER2062014-00 REV 01
> P4000 LAT-TCP/IP VER 2.00B2
> 05/1/90 TK50 (VMS LOAD)
> (C) 1990 EMULEX
>
> ER2062014-00 REV 00
> P4000 LAT-TCP/IP SOFTWARE
> 3-22-90 TK50 (VMS LOAD)
> (C) 1990 EMULEX
>
> Are any of those worth keeping? Any tips on getting those tapes online
> using my VAX? I know there are utilities for the PDP-8 and PDP-11 world,
> but being thrown into VAX and VMS so quickly, it may take me a bit to catch
> up. Any recommendations on reading material?
>
> I also have a tape for VAX Occam 2 from INMOS. I know what that is, as I
> have a 64-node Transputer array. It'd be nice to get that going at some
> point for fun.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kyle
>