[Info-vax] TK50 - this is annoying...

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Sun Oct 7 21:38:19 EDT 2012


On 10/5/2012 6:48 PM, Lee Gleason wrote:
>   I recall a VAX Magic session at a DECUS convention in the mid 80s or
> so, where someone came up on stage, and, without saying a word of
> explanation, set a TK50 tape drive down on the floor  and proceeded to
> smash it to pieces with a middle sized hammer. He got a standing
> ovation.

Just having tried booting from one of those is enough to sympathize
with that action.

Arne






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