>3420 tape drive had power supplied by IBM 3803 Tape Control. 3420 itself >haven´t >a direct connection to an installation energy point, 3803 has it.
I remember the bunches of cables involved with the 3420s+3803, but I did not remember the exact arrangement. As we have said, it was a long time ago. (And yes, the 3490-type tape cartridges are as handy — except it was seldom that there were as many of these just lying around waiting to be used. Of course, that depended on the type of installation involved, etc, etc.) With 3480s one could make an interesting "show" for visiting executives. Remember the oscillating sort? Bill Ogden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
