[HECnet] Introducing myself... and my little network

[Dave McGuire]

On 06/08/2012 04:24 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
    I haven't tried cleaning TK50 heads in years, but I will (now
that I
have a more respectable workspace) start trying that.   I will let you
know how things go.   I'll probably start digging into those within the
next month or two.   Thank you for the suggestion!

I take it TK50 tapes won't read in a later drive?

They will. TK70 and TK85 (if I remember right) can both read TK50.
You also have the TZ30 (I think the name is), which is a TK50
compatible, but smaller drive, with SCSI.

    The TK85 can read TK50s?   I didn't know that!   If that's the case,
it's likely that the TF85 (DSSI version) may as well, and I have one of
those.   That may be one more option to get my huge pile of TK50s read.

Yes, it should.
See
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CGYQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsup.xenya.si%2Fsup%2Finfo%2Fdigital%2FMDS%2Fjun99%2FCd3%2FTAPE%2FOTK85RC2.PDF&ei=KrbRT5vXF5HDtAbz2tTDDw&usg=AFQjCNHETJ5i4hvMJ6qrS6Ywi0Tb9Bw2bg&sig2=04fFfjYaAv5W4n93IysOSg

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  Thanks for the info!   This gives me a nice option.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA