9 Oct
2005
9 Oct
'05
02:31
Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Saturday 08 October 2005 19:11, James Knott wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
Now, tape... There's a peripheral on which I'm loathe to spend the money it takes to get decent backup hardware. All you need is a 9 track 800 bpi drive. ;-)
Ha!
I'm not ready to start a museum just yet!
I used to maintain and repair them, many years ago. Some models could also do 1600 bpi and a few 5760 (IIRC). Lessee now, the device address on Data General computers was 22, hit the program load switch and watch the reels spin... ;-)