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 workin
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 interested in accumulating g
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
> 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 RT-11 packs could be usefu
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
> 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
>> for imaging and writin
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
> for imaging and writing packs.
>
I have more RL01 and RL02 packs than I need, some sti
> 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 choice,
> especially since mos
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Antonio Carlini wrote:
> 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
TUK50 - M7547. Very rare (not many people really wanted to
I've long since lost track of the OP for this thread, but I could use a
few TK70 scratch tapes.
Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
> On Oct 19, 2016, at 10:25 , Antonio Carlini wrote:
>
> 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 ha
On 10/19/16 10:29 AM, Antonio Carlini wrote:
> 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
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
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.
T
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 ba
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
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 ye
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/
>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.
Thanks Mark
On 19 Oct 2016 01:48, "Adrian
Don't store ur tapes in a damp basement will help with sticky shed
syndrom... Keep em dry a food dehydrator helps...
On Oct 18, 2016 7:46 PM, "Al Kossow" wrote:
On 10/18/16 5:37 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:
> I think they're useful to folks who have drives that can use them, and
> they aren't ne
On 10/18/16 5:37 PM, Steven M Jones wrote:
> I think they're useful to folks who have drives that can use them, and
> they aren't nearly as fragile as QIC or helical scan drives (4mm, 8mm)
> of a similar age.
>
The drives, maybe, but the tape sheds like nuts.
On 10/18/2016 08:32, 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.
>
> In the past 25 years that I have had them, I have not once ever used
> my TK50 or TK70 drives...I've always either
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 wrote:
>
> >
> > OK, I have a fairly large
On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Thomas Dzubin wrote:
>
> 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
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Adrian
> Graham
> Sent: 18 October 2016 16:38
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re: Are DEC TK50/TK70 tapes worth hanging onto?
>
>
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 ago.
--
adrian/witc
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