[rescue] On the subject of 9 track tapes....

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Thu Jan 12 16:26:55 CST 2006


On Thursday 12 January 2006 16:52, Ethan O'Toole wrote:
> > Yes, for instance the HP88780 features three industry standard
> > interface options: single-ended SCSI, differential SCSI, and
> > Pertec-compatible. The SCSI interfaces include the SCSI copy
> > command.
>
> Ah okay. What about the DEC TK11? I need one that is vertical, where
> the tapes mount on the front.

I've never seen a SCSI 9-track that was vertical-mount (unless it was 
really PERTEC with a PERTEC->SCSI converter...).

Judging by the part number prefix (TK, no "Z" in it), it's not going to 
have a SCSI interface.

Pat
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