Re: Maynard MaynStream

2020-10-14 Thread Sean Ellis via cctalk
That'd be a pretty cool accessory to have as part of my retro homelab. I don't think it's really ever been documented, either from a quick search online. On 10/13/20, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: > I have a Maynard MaynStream tape backup unit from the 1980's. > > It uses audio-format

Re: Maynard MaynStream

2020-10-14 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 at 01:08, Van Snyder wrote: > I'll send it for a PDF of a shipping label for a 20" x 10" x 10" 10lb box, > your choice of carrier. That is a very kind offer and I appreciate your generosity, but I think perhaps you mistake what I was trying to say. It's too old to be of

Re: Maynard MaynStream

2020-10-13 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
On Wed, 2020-10-14 at 00:02 +0200, Liam Proven wrote: > On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 21:51, Van Snyder via cctalk< > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > I have a Maynard MaynStream tape backup unit from the 1980's. > > It uses audio-format cassettes with 1/4" tape, but it's a

Re: Maynard MaynStream

2020-10-13 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 21:51, Van Snyder via cctalk wrote: > > I have a Maynard MaynStream tape backup unit from the 1980's. > > It uses audio-format cassettes with 1/4" tape, but it's a different > tape composition, and the cassette has a notch in it to tell the device &

Maynard MaynStream

2020-10-13 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
I have a Maynard MaynStream tape backup unit from the 1980's. It uses audio-format cassettes with 1/4" tape, but it's a different tape composition, and the cassette has a notch in it to tell the device it's not just plain audio tape. The capacity was 80 MB per cassette. I also have fou