[Info-vax] Modern VMS (e.g. V8.4) tape installation?

[Michael Kraemer]

Steven Schweda schrieb:

>    Also "do" what, exactly? 

boot & install.
It's probably easier to find working
DDS-1 drives and media than TK50.

> I seem to remember doing
> Standalone BACKUP using an Exabyte 8mm (8200?) tape drive
> (probably on a VAX 4000 model 300), but I wouldn't bet on a
> MicroVAX/VAXstation 2000 working with any tape drive other
> than a TK50Z-FA/GA.

That's exactly the question.