Re: IBM MT/ST recovery; was: IBM 3480 DEC TKZ60 inquiry

2017-12-18 Thread Al Kossow via cctalk
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102662523 Digi-Data made a widget to read the tapes as well. On 12/18/17 12:57 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > Forgive the top-posting on my own post, but I think it's appropriate: > > Evidently, the client used an MT/ST to emulate a 2741 a

Re: IBM MT/ST recovery; was: IBM 3480 DEC TKZ60 inquiry

2017-12-18 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Forgive the top-posting on my own post, but I think it's appropriate: Evidently, the client used an MT/ST to emulate a 2741 and the organization had a S/360 with a 2495 Magnetc Cartridge Reader: http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/IBM-ProdAnn/2495-5.pdf I have to confess that I've never seen one of t

Re: IBM MT/ST recovery; was: IBM 3480 DEC TKZ60 inquiry

2017-12-18 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 12/17/2017 09:52 PM, Jon Elson wrote: > There were several DIFFERENT formats used with these standard tape > cartridges.  I have some old CDC Patriot tape drives that did a > serpentine single track at a time format on a 3480-compatible tape. I > don't think any DEC drive supported the 18-track

Re: IBM 3480 DEC TKZ60 inquiry

2017-12-17 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 12/17/2017 10:04 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Hi Folks, We've got a Canadian customer with what appears to be an IBM 3480 cartridge that he'd like to get the data from. We don't get nearly enough request for these IBM carts to make owning a unit a viable proposition. I understand that

IBM 3480 DEC TKZ60 inquiry

2017-12-17 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
Hi Folks, We've got a Canadian customer with what appears to be an IBM 3480 cartridge that he'd like to get the data from. We don't get nearly enough request for these IBM carts to make owning a unit a viable proposition. I understand that the 3480 format was supported by a wide range of vendor