[rescue] Sparc 1000/1000E key anyone? - Please read again!

[Yvan Janssens]

Based on what I've seen in the (blurry results from) Google Images, it
looks like ti uses a simple wafer lock. Bending two paperclips should do
the trick if you need access to yours and have lost the keys.

2016-02-09 22:33 GMT+00:00 Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk>:

> > On 9 Feb 2016, at 20:05, Skeezics Boondoggle <skeezicsb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Peter Stokes wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> Just trying to sort out a system for the Jim Austin collection
> >> (http://www.computermuseum.org.uk) and despite having a box of Sun
> keys,
> >> the
> >> 1000 has a different one to the later systems from what I can tell.
> > [reposting here if the direct reply was lost...]
> >
> > Hi, Peter --
> >
> > I found that the Sun/StorageTek L1000 (aka Quantum/ATL P1000) tape
> library
> > uses the same key as the SS1000.  I wonder if Sun did that on purpose, or
> > if two separate companies, ten or so years apart, just happened to use
> the
> > same locking mechanism?
> >
> > Not sure this is terribly helpful, but I mention it on the off chance
> that
> > someone with an old DLT library gathering dust in the corner could
> donate a
> > key to your efforts.  I can root through my old box o' keys and see if I
> > can dig up a spare if nobody geographically closer can come through..
>
> Hi Chris
>
> As it happens I have a L1000 as well, I will hunt it out and see what keys
> if
> any I have for it.
>
> Thanks for the pointer.
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Yvan Janssens

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