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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-10-08 13:28, "Roßert G. Schaffrath" wrote:
> On 10/7/2012 9:38 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
> As bad as TK50's were, they were a definite improvement over the TU58. I
> recall much lost time waiting for an 11/730 bootstrapping microcode from
> one of those.

I don't entirely agree. While the TU58 was horrible as far as speed goes 
(and capacity), it at least didn't have the weird error behavior of the 
TK50.

	Johnny