Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

[Mark J. Blair]

> On Oct 19, 2016, at 10:25 , Antonio Carlini <a.carlini at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 
> On 19/10/16 01:18, Mark J. Blair wrote:
>> If any of those tapes are relevant to my VAX-11/730, then they might interest me.
>> 
> I know that there was a Unibus TK50 interface but I would have thought either
> TU58 or 9-track would have been a more likely software delivery mechanism
> for a VAX-11/730 back in the day.

I would much rather use either emulated TU58 or real 9-track for installation. I think I would need to boot from TU58 in any case. But I don't have any 9-track installation media, and I've had no luck yet getting real TU58 tapes working. I would certainly be interested in getting my hands on probably-good TU58 and 9-track installation media relevant to my 11/730. I'm only expressing interest in the TK50 media (which I've also had poor luck with) because I haven't tripped over better options yet.

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