VMS program to read/write simh .tap container files?

[Paul Anderson]

I have tapes and drives if you need any .

Thanks, Paul Anderson


On 7/21/06, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org> wrote:
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> > Now if only there were some magic to keep a TK50/TK70/TZ30 drive working
> > for more than ten minutes.
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> Ten minutes sounds about the right length of time for the first traversal
> of
> the tape, at which time the collected sticky crud from most old tapes is
> deposited at the end of the track when it reverses direction, and then
> proceeds to stick the tape to the head.
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> I don't know if the formulation of the tapes is such that you can remove
> the
> stickiness with heat/dehydration. This is also something I need to try on
> DC-300 carts that have become sticky.
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> You also need to THOUROUGHLY clean the head stack. I have a TZ30 that I
> leave partially disasembled so I can pull the stack out the top so it can
> be
> cleaned with isopropyl on a cotton swab.
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> It's probably time to put together lists of what TK50s (distr at least..)
> have already been read to save others the grief of dealing with old sticky
> media.
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