sun 88780 on ebay
Lyle Bickley
lbickley at bickleywest.com
Mon Jan 28 19:19:37 CST 2019
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:04:42 -0800
Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/132933407806
>
> this is interesting because of the price and that all of the Sun
> drives I've ever come across had the 800bpi option in them
That's been my experience, too. The 88780 I use is a Sun drive with
800/1600/6250.
What I love about these drives is that each track is adjustable
electronically for skew - which means one can adjust it to read
incorrectly skewed tapes without having to adjust/move the tape head!
(Of course, you have to re-adjust it "back" to normal - which makes it
something you want to do only when absolutely necessary).
I only wish the 88780's tape handling was a bit more "gentle"...
Cheers,
Lyle
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