[Info-vax] Backup TK50 tapes

[Bob Koehler]

In article <kgghtv$8r8$1 at speranza.aioe.org>, glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
> 
> Should be able to boot (I mean IPL) from cards, or any other input
> device. I believe that the IPL program written to disk is still
> in 80 byte records. 

   Brings back memories of booting a Xerox Sigma-7 from one card.  All
   it did was make noises.  Didn't otherwize ever use the speaker.

> 
> I beleive that TK50 is much faster than TU58, and there are stories
> about booting the latter.

   Could be, but for both I've started boot before much and found it
   still loading after lunch.