That's the stuff! Bring it in! On 26 February 2020 9:31:44 am AEDT, Malcolm Herbert <[email protected]> wrote: >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]
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