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

[Paul Sture]

On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:52:09 +0200, Michael Kraemer wrote:

> 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.

To be honest I found TK50s more reliable than DDS drives, but they were a 
_lot_ slower
 
> 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?

That wouldn't surprise me, but I don't have a definitive answer.

-- 
Paul Sture