[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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