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

[Peter Stokes]

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> On 10 Feb 2016, at 10:38, Yvan Janssens <ik at yvanj.me> wrote:
> 
> 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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> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Yvan Janssens
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