Re: HP & 800BPI / was Re: Tape cleaner on eBay

2015-10-11 Thread Marc Verdiell
Thanks Brent, I had used your very helpful site before to help me figure out IO cards, but had missed this gem. Marc == From: Brent Hilpert On 2015-Oct-10, at 9:59 PM, Marc Verdiell wrote: >> I had originally written it in a re-targetable cross-assembler in a > n

Re: HP & 800BPI / was Re: Tape cleaner on eBay

2015-10-11 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2015-Oct-10, at 9:59 PM, Marc Verdiell wrote: > Brent Hilpert wore: >> I had that problem with the stuck reel hubs. Failed to take my own > advice-to-self to leave the reels unmounted and they stuck again, >> although easier to get off this time as it hadn't been many years under > pressure. >

Re: HP & 800BPI / was Re: Tape cleaner on eBay

2015-10-10 Thread Marc Verdiell
Brent Hilpert wore: >I had that problem with the stuck reel hubs. Failed to take my own advice-to-self to leave the reels unmounted and they stuck again, >although easier to get off this time as it hadn't been many years under pressure. I ended up covering the rubber hub with black electrical ta

Re: HP & 800BPI / was Re: Tape cleaner on eBay

2015-10-09 Thread Brent Hilpert
d OS9 environment too, but haven't brought that into a current state. > Marc > > == > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 13:29:37 -0700 > From: Brent Hilpert > To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" > > Subject: HP &

RE: HP & 800BPI / was Re: Tape cleaner on eBay

2015-10-09 Thread Marc Verdiell
ode? Marc == Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 13:29:37 -0700 From: Brent Hilpert To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" Subject: HP & 800BPI / was Re: Tape cleaner on eBay Message-ID: <858603d2-2d79-45d6-993c-a8939d996...@cs.ubc.c

HP & 800BPI / was Re: Tape cleaner on eBay

2015-10-07 Thread Brent Hilpert
On 2015-Oct-07, at 12:56 PM, Glen Slick wrote: > On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote: >> >> I have an HP 7970A - 9-track, 800BPI - with my HP 2116. I wrote monitor >> commands to exercise it and do tape dumps from it. >> >> They're uncommon compared to 1600 & > BPI drives, fig