Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On 11/02/2019, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote (in part): > I haven't yet unboxed it. I took photos of the outside of the destroyed box > to send to the shipper. The front bottom left corner of the 88780 is > visible through a hole in the box, and is visibly mangled. Who was the seller? (The ebay li

sun 88780 on ebay

*Eric Smith *writes: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:18 AM Al Kossow > wrote: > > >/Does it have the 800 bpi option board? />// > I haven't yet unboxed it. I took photos of the outside of the destroyed box > to send to the shipper. The front bottom

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

I am in the market for this option as well, after Al is taken care of if he needs it. On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 1:27 PM Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:18 AM Al Kossow wrote: > > > Does it have the 800 bpi option board? > > > > I haven't yet unboxed it. I took photos of

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:18 AM Al Kossow wrote: > Does it have the 800 bpi option board? > I haven't yet unboxed it. I took photos of the outside of the destroyed box to send to the shipper. The front bottom left corner of the 88780 is visible through a hole in the box, and is visibly mangled.

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

Does it have the 800 bpi option board? On 2/11/19 10:01 AM, Eric Smith wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 6:03 PM Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/132933407806 > > > It was packaged improperly by the seller and destroyed in transit. >

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On 2/11/19 10:01 AM, Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 6:03 PM Al Kossow via cctalk > wrote: > >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/132933407806 >> > > It was packaged improperly by the seller and destroyed in transit. Happens all too often. Palletizing is probably the safest, but

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 6:03 PM Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/132933407806 > It was packaged improperly by the seller and destroyed in transit.

RE: sun 88780 on ebay

t: Re: sun 88780 on ebay On 1/28/19 8:08 PM, David Collins via cctalk wrote: > I just restored a 7980XC (HP commercial version of the 88780) and it all > worked after I reinitialised the gains in each channel. David, do you know of anyone that has the schematics for these drives? MAN

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On 2019-01-29 14:45, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > A 30+ track head to deal with a variety of tape formats would be ideal. Not > just 7 and 9 but real oddballs -- there are some 10 track 1/2 inch tape > formats around. Not to mention that one could read DECtape that way, even if > the head

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

> On Jan 29, 2019, at 2:31 PM, John Foust via cctalk > wrote: > > ... > I posted about his a few years ago. See below. > ... > He wishes there was a modern replacement for reading old tapes. > Seven-track and nine-track. Speed is not an issue; data recovery is. > He says hardly anyone wants

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

At 10:55 AM 1/29/2019, Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: >David, do you know of anyone that has the schematics for these drives? >MANY years ago, someone in Seattle had them, but I never was able to get the >guy who >said he got a copy tell me who that was. Do you know this guy? http://www.comco-inc.c

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

doesn't matter. it would be on the options list, which the seller smeared out the other odd thing was there should be a sun logo badge on the front On 1/29/19 1:44 AM, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: > I read >   HP Tape Drive 1/2" 1600/6250 1E > on the label at the back.

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On 1/28/19 8:08 PM, David Collins via cctalk wrote: > I just restored a 7980XC (HP commercial version of the 88780) and it all > worked after I reinitialised the gains in each channel. David, do you know of anyone that has the schematics for these drives? MANY years ago, someone in Seattle h

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On Mon, 28 Jan 2019, Al Kossow wrote: https://www.ebay.com/itm/132933407806 this is interesting because of the price and that all of the Sun drives I've ever come across had the 800bpi option in them I read HP Tape Drive 1/2" 1600/6250 1E on the label at the back. Christian

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

I was the mass storage region specialist for HP Australia when these came out. They were pretty reliable and compared to the previous 7970 and 7974 drives that had start/stop capstans, they were pretty good on tapes. I just restored a 7980XC (HP commercial version of the 88780) and it all worke

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On 2019-01-28 9:19 p.m., Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:04:42 -0800 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: https://www.ebay.com/itm/132933407806 this is interesting because of the price and that all of the Sun drives I've ever come across had the 800bpi option in them That's be

Re: sun 88780 on ebay

On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:04:42 -0800 Al Kossow via cctalk wrote: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/132933407806 > > this is interesting because of the price and that all of the Sun > drives I've ever come across had the 800bpi option in them That's been my experience, too. The 88780 I use is a Sun drive

sun 88780 on ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/132933407806 this is interesting because of the price and that all of the Sun drives I've ever come across had the 800bpi option in them