[HECnet] Tape drive explosion

[John H. Reinhardt]

I picked up a TSZ08 on Ebay a couple years ago.   I haven't used it lately, but it still loads tapes successfully.   It's a horizontal 9-track drive like the TSZ07.

John H. Reinhardt

On 1/25/2013 8:00 AM, Clem Cole wrote:
TS08 - great drive, I'd love to find one used.


On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net <mailto:ian at platinum.net>> wrote:

      We're any of the other DEC drives released in a scsi version?

      Ian

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      On 2013-01-24, at 8:33 PM, Kari Uusim  ki
      <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org <mailto:uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>> wrote:

      > On 25.1.2013 0:26, Ian McLaughlin wrote:
      >>
      >> On 2013-01-24, at 2:06 AM, Kari Uusim  ki
      <uusimaki at exdecfinland.org <mailto:uusimaki at exdecfinland.org>> wrote:
      >>
      >>> Is the takeup leader (the plastic ribbon which is fastened to
      the internal reel) intact? Its outer end which grabs the tape from
      the cassette is arrow-shaped. Is the "arrow" quite in order? If
      not, the takeup leader should be replaced.
      >>
      >> Tape leader is fine on this drive.   The problem with this
      cartridge is the spool inside the cartridge jammed and wouldn't
      rotate causing the drive to not rewind.
      > Ok. Cartridge failure, then. Could it have been accidentally
      dropped? I've seen several times DLT cartriges fail after been
      dropped on the floor.
      >
      >>> You can also read a TK50 tape with a newer DLT drive like
      TZ85, TZ86 and TZ87.
      >>
      >> Is this true?   According to Wikipedia
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Linear_Tape a CompacTape I
      can only be read by a TK50 and a TK70.
      >>
      >> Can anyone confirm or deny this?   I have some newer generation
      DLT drives, but none of them admit to being backwards compatible
      that far.
      >>
      >> Ian
      >>
      >>
      >> .
      >
      > I'm not sure if others than DEC branded DLT drives
      (TZ85,TZ86,TZ87) can read TK50 tapes, but DEC drives sure do.
      > Even the front of the drive has leds which indicate which
      formats the drive can handle.
      >
      > Like Johnny said, Wikipedia articles aren't always the complete
      truth of the topic.
      >
      >
      > Regards,
      >
      > Kari
      >
      >
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