[Info-vax] MicroVAX/VMS newbie, couple of questions

Bob Koehler koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org
Thu Sep 24 13:22:27 EDT 2009


In article <8a41d815-549d-47f2-bf48-beee11598054 at s6g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>, Tone007 <tone007 at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> Well, maybe it's just angry because it doesn't have a tape.  I grabbed
> a blank on eBay, I'll see if the drive wants to do anything with it
> when it comes.  If not, I guess I'll be sticking with 5.4!

   I've never seen a TK70 get angry in that manner, mine sat aroung
   without tapes in them most of the time for over a decade.

   But there can be mechanical problems that will eat a tape.  I'd pull
   the drive and do a cursory inspection.  Quite often the leader is
   just off the hook
   



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