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

[Michael Kraemer]

Paul Sture schrieb:

> I did once try attaching a Sony DDS drive to my VS2000.  The drive 
> responded to a VS2000 hardware init, going off into its own series of 
> clicks and flashing lights, but I could see nothing from either the 
> console or within VMS to indicate that the device was seen by the VS2000.

OK, this experimental result pretty much answers my question.
Too bad, a VS2000 and a corresponding MV are sitting
in my basement waiting to be processed.
I would have preferred a well-tested DDS drive over
those dodgy TK50s with unclear technical status.

As for the reverse experiment: I once hooked up
a TK50 to an ancient RS/6000 which so far could
cope with all kinds of tapes. The configure manager
told me something along the line
that the TK50 is somehow recognized,
but would be too strange a device to be properly configured.

Slightly OT:
Aren't the DEC-badged DDS drives (TLZxx)
in fact Sonys?