Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: > >On 10/14/17, 7:55 PM, "cctalk on behalf of steve shumaker via cctalk" ><cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org on behalf of cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > >>On 10/14/2017 10:42 AM, Camiel Vanderhoeven wrote: >>> On 10/14/17, 7:22 PM, "cctalk on behalf of steve shumaker via cctalk" >>> <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org on behalf of cctalk@classiccmp.org> >>>wrote: >>> >>> >>>> found as part of the stack saved from an engineers estate: Tandem >>>> Computers cartridge tapes and docs >>>> >>>> Cartridges are appox 4x4x1 and the tape appears to be half inch. Some >>>> are in boxes marked "Cartridge Tape CT-130" All have labels indicated >>>> they are Tandem Computers "Site Update Tapes" with 1988, 89, and 90 >>>> dates. Cursory google produced nothing. Secondary label on one >>>> cartridge would seem to indicate they are used for software >>>>distribution. >>> Sounds like DLT tapes. >>> >>> >>> >>Similar shape and overall size but the shutter and leader hook are >>different > >The only other format I know of that era that comes close is IBM 3480, but >that¹s less square, more like 5² x 4². Do you have pictures online >somewhere? >
I have an autoloader SCSI tape drive and two sample tapes which I am told came from a Tandem system. The label on one of the tapes says: "3M Royal Guard tm 1/2" tape cartridge 3480 compatible" Regards, Peter Coghlan.
