Accessing a TK50 or TK70 from RT

[Rod Smallwood]

On 12/06/2016 11:31, Adrian Graham wrote:
> On 12/06/2016 11:00, "Rod Smallwood" <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> OK we are moving forward.
>>
>> Drive is TK70
>> Interface card is a TQK70 controller
>> The cart is a TK50 as that's all I have.
>> The write protect slide is to write protect off.
>> Cart loads normally and activity light goes to on.
>> Write protect light is off
>> I can now get the INIT to start and ask init Y/N.
>> INIT starts but write protect light comes on
>> System halts on an I/O error
>>
>> .sh dev:mu
>>
>> gives
>>
>> Device                  Status      CSR                       Vector(s)
>> ---------                  --------            ---
>>                            ----------
>> MU                      122722    174500                260  254
>>
>> Nearly there I think. I have loads of TK50 tapes to format.
> I'm pretty sure the TK70 can only read TK50 tapes and not write to them...
>
Thanks Graham

     Now that sounds highly likely. Does the TK70 controller support the 
TK50 drive perchance?
I have a TK 50 controller I can aways put that back in.

Ro