Re: RL02 packs available [Was: Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?]

2016-10-21 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 03:24:28PM -0500, Matt Patoray wrote: > Hello, > > I would be interested in a few RL-02 packs with DDXP or RT-11 on them. Any > idea what you would want for them? Not really :) A bit of patience is necessary though. I don't know if the RL drives I have access to is

Re: RL02 packs available [Was: Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?]

2016-10-20 Thread Matt Patoray
Hello, I would be interested in a few RL-02 packs with DDXP or RT-11 on them. Any idea what you would want for them? Matt On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 1:38 AM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 05:51:06PM -0700, Mark J. Blair wrote: > > > > I’m especially

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-20 Thread Ulrich Tagge
Hi, I search some time for TK50/TK70 media for my MVII, and 3600 so I'm Interested. By now I have the need for the following tapes, if you have them. biggest need>>> - MVII DIAG MAINT TK50 >>> - MVII DIAG CUST TK50 - VMS V5.5-1 BIN TK50 - VMX XYZ BIN TK50 xx/nn - VMS LIC KEY

Re: RL02 packs available [Was: Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?]

2016-10-20 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Oct 20, 2016, at 00:09, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > > My packs come from a PDP-11/34 system. So there are some XXDP and RT-11 > packs. I look to image them before I ship them off. I have an XXDP 2.5 pack, but I don't think I have any with RT-11 on them. One or two

Re: RL02 packs available [Was: Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?]

2016-10-20 Thread Pontus Pihlgren
On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:04:40AM -0700, Mark J. Blair wrote: > > I have a small pile of packs, some of which look unused. I keep my > eyes open for more, since I don’t know it I have more than I need yet. > :) > > Do any of your extra RL02 packs have potentially interesting contents, > such

Re: RL02 packs available [Was: Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?]

2016-10-20 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Oct 19, 2016, at 11:38 PM, Pontus Pihlgren wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 05:51:06PM -0700, Mark J. Blair wrote: >> >> I’m especially interested in accumulating good RL02 packs. I’m even >> working on a project to add a USB interface to one of my RL02 drives >>

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-19 Thread Mark J. Blair
> On Oct 19, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > >> ... but I would have thought >> either TU58 or 9-track would have been a more likely software delivery >> mechanism for a VAX-11/730 back in the day. > > Indeed (or RL02... that was a valid distribution medium

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-19 Thread Glen Slick
I have the following 12 TK50 tape cartridges with original DEC labels on them: AQ-FP13C-BN MICROVMS V4.4 FULL BIN TK50 (2 copies) AQ-FY80B-BN MICROVMS V4.4 BIN TK50 MANDATORY UPDATE (2 copies) AQ-FP15C-BN MICROVMS V4.4 NET END/N TK50 AQ-JP22F-BE VMS V5.4 BIN TK50 1/2 AQ-LC99C-BE VMS V5.4 BIN TK50

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-19 Thread Antonio Carlini
On 19/10/16 08:46, Mark Wickens wrote: >From a preservation perspective the best option would be to list the tape labels. I have a friend with an extensive backup collection not yet on bitsavers who could identify if anything I'd unique. You might find there are only a couple not yet archived.

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-19 Thread Antonio Carlini
On 19/10/16 01:18, Mark J. Blair wrote: If any of those tapes are relevant to my VAX-11/730, then they might interest me. I know that there was a Unibus TK50 interface but I would have thought either TU58 or 9-track would have been a more likely software delivery mechanism for a VAX-11/730

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-19 Thread Antonio Carlini
On 18/10/16 16:38, Adrian Graham wrote: Hi Thomas, Have you got an install media set for VAX Dibol 4.2? Someone here was looking for a copy a few weeks ago. Wasn't it ALL-IN-1? Antonio -- Antonio Carlini arcarl...@iee.org

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-19 Thread Antonio Carlini
On 18/10/16 16:32, Thomas Dzubin wrote: But, I also have two big rubbermade containers (about half a cubic meter) filled with TK50 and TK70 tapes which I have never used. Some are blank, some are the boot & install media for VMS 5.5, some are software installations, etc. etc. In the past 25

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-19 Thread Mark J. Blair
If any of those tapes are relevant to my VAX-11/730, then they might interest me. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X http://www.nf6x.net/

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-18 Thread B M
Thomas, I could use a few TK50 tapes, especialy it it has install for VMS! I am currently looking for a Microvax II system :-) Thanks! --barrym On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 2:05 PM, william degnan wrote: > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Thomas Dzubin

Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-18 Thread Adrian Graham
On 18 October 2016 at 16:32, Thomas Dzubin wrote: > Some are blank, some are the boot & install media for VMS 5.5, some are > software installations, etc. etc. > Hi Thomas, Have you got an install media set for VAX Dibol 4.2? Someone here was looking for a copy a few weeks

Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?

2016-10-18 Thread Thomas Dzubin
OK, I have a fairly large collection of VAX 4000 and VAXStation 3000 systems which I have fun with and use with both OpenVMS and OpenBSD over the years But, I also have two big rubbermade containers (about half a cubic meter) filled with TK50 and TK70 tapes which I have never used. Some