[HECnet] Tape drive explosion

[Ian McLaughlin]

Does anyone have the document EK-TZ875-OM in their digital collections anywhere?   I am unable to find it anywhere, and I'm trying to decypher the front panel controls for this device.   I can read and write DLTIII tapes without a problem.   Reading TK50 tapes seems to work, but I'm getting random garbage.   There appears to be a method to override the density on the front panel, but I can't quite figure it out.

There's a manual for the TZ877 around, but the front panel is completely different.

Ian

On 2013-01-25, at 8:51 PM, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote:
Digging around in my junk tonight, I come across a DEC TZ875-TA 5-slot tape changer.   Some googling shows it can *read* TK50 tapes!

I'm playing around with it on a Linux box using native DLT IIIXT tapes on it to make sure it's operating correctly, then I'll give it a try reading a TK50.   I hope it works!

Ian