On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > > On 08/08/2017 00:01, Josh Dersch via cctalk wrote: > >> On 8/7/2017 3:50 PM, Rod Smallwood via cctalk wrote: >> >> >>> >>> One other thing - I have a working TU58. >>> The two cassette drives in a box type with serial interface. >>> Now the pdp-8/e DECTapes were also called TU58. >>> >> >> The typical DECtapes used with the PDP-8 were TU56's, a completely >> different (and much more rare) beast. >> >> The M8650 is on the list of what you can connect it to. >>> So does the one substitute for the other and raise the possibility of >>> booting from tape? >>> >> >> No, they're not substitutes. I'm not aware of any PDP-8 systems booting >> and running from a TU58, but I suppose it's not impossible. Mostly the >> problem with the TU58 at this point is that (a) the capstan rollers in your >> drives are most likely tar, and (b) the rubber parts in the tape itself >> have done the same, and (c) the tape itself probably isn't in great shape >> either. >> >> - Josh >> >> >>> Rod >>> >>> >> Mmm senior confusion. > > Its a working TU58 - Restored including fixing the roller problem. > Runs on a PC OK. > > Just fixed the echo test problem. > RS232 on M8650 needed a jumper E-M on board or plug. > > > So now to check out that rim loader stuff. > Its in C but I can get round that problem. > > > Rod > > -- > Wanted one pdp-8/i rocker switch leaver to copy. > > For verily, LINCtape begat DECtape, and DECtape begat DECtape II. LINCtape and DECtape were legitimate backing store, DECtape II was a cheap way of delivering software updates. And since when is C a 'problem'? :-) -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Principal Investigator, "Reflections on Early Computing and Social Change", UW IRB #42619 Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
