Memorex, MRX IV, 6250 BPI with a hand-written label "ISODE v2.0" ... looks to be about 2400ft, so that's a whopping 193MB if it has 9 tracks on it ...
On Wed, 26 Feb 2020, at 09:14, Andre van Eyssen - mobile wrote: > Open reel, half inch tape. The only other common open reel format is > DECtape, which is on small reels and is associated with the PDP series > of machines. > > On 26 February 2020 7:31:21 am AEDT, Malcolm Herbert <[email protected]> > wrote: Andre - what's the media for these? I have an open-reel tape > kicking around somewhere here that I can bring in, but I have no idea > what format it is ... of course, _locating_ said tape could be a > challenge after the move ... > > > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2020, at 22:52, Andre van Eyssen wrote: > >> > >> Well, I've managed to procure a SCSI 9 track drive. Now, I recall > >> somebody > >> from the last MSOSUG gathering was asking about access to a drive, so > >> here's confirmation that the drive has landed and passed self-test. > >> > >> I've got no scratch tapes to test with, so if anyone has any of those ... > >> > >> -- > >> Andre van Eyssen. Phone: +61 417 211 788 > >> mail: [email protected] http://andre.purplecow.org > >> About & Contact: http://www.purplecow.org/andre.html msosug > >> mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mexico.purplecow.org/m/listinfo/msosug > >> Delivered for: [email protected] > >> > > -- > Andre van Eyssen > Mobile email - please excuse terse text. -- Malcolm Herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ msosug mailing list [email protected] http://mexico.purplecow.org/m/listinfo/msosug Delivered for: [email protected]
