On 1/25/22 1:11 PM, David Gesswein via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I have a bunch of tapes on the to read stack. I think I got the drive working but was running into the tape sticking problem. On the todo is buying/making a tape baker to try to archive the tapes. I also got a SCSI version of the drive which should make it easier to create an image.
If they're TK50s, I wouldn't bother using an actual TK50 drive to read them. They didn't work worth a damn even when they were new. I still don't understand how they brought that product to market in that sort of shape. Best to get a Tx85, Tx86, or Tx87, with the second letter for the appropriate interface. ('Z' is SCSI) These can all read (but not write) TK50 tapes. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA