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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2012-10-09 19:26, Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <k4v41o$bte$1 at Iltempo.Update.UU.SE>, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
>>
>> Even by asking that question, you reveal that you have not used the
>> TU58... :-)
>> Slower than DECtape? Hell yes. DECtape flies compared to it. DEC did
>> call the TU58 for DECtape II, but that really an abuse of the DECtape name.
>
>     You got that backwards.  I've done a standalone backup boot off TU58,
>     later followed by an OS upgrade.
>
>     I've seen, but not used, DECtape.  I had no idea how fast it actually
>     moved the small amount of data it held.

Oh! Ah... Ok. Well, yes. DECtape is really fast compared to TU58.

>     I always suspected that DECtape is what the first initial in TECO
>     refers to.  8-)

Well, it's not, but anyway...

>     Of course, not to be confused with TK cartridges from DEC, which
>     often have the DECtape moniker on them.

I don't remember ever seeing that. I have seen COMPACTTAPE, and 
variations on that, though.

	Johnny