Fujitsi 2444AC 9-track tape drive/PDP-11

W2HX w2hx at w2hx.com
Wed May 1 21:30:54 CDT 2019


Oh, oops. That went completely over my head. I missed that detail entirely. We'll keep our fingers crossed that this will work :(


73 Eugene W2HX


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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Boone via cctalk
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2019 9:59 PM
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Subject: Re: Fujitsi 2444AC 9-track tape drive/PDP-11

 > I got a great pair of cables for this project.  50 conductor, 50 pin
 > IDC, 10 feet long.

So the minicomputer vendors in the 80s typically used twisted pair
ribbon for these things, as in the 1700/50 stuff Glen was talking
about.  I don't know how long a cable would need to be for that to be
critical.

De


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