Two Kennedy tape drives on govliq

[Tony Duell]

> You would most likely see Kennedys on minicomputers, especially
> in aftermarket upgrades. PDP-11's, DG's, etc.

One of the odder things I've acquired over the years is a tape controller 
made bu a company called 'Dylon' that has an HPIB host interface. I 
forget what drive I have hooked up to it, I think it's a Kennedy. The 
interface is standard Pertec unformatted, so many drives would work.

Anyway, the programming maual (I have it, and the service manual with 
full schematics) gives example programs for the HP9825 desktop calculator 
(!). For a joke I occe linked it to an HP71B pocket computer via an 
HP82169 HPIL-HPIB translator. It worked perfectly (of course). Not a lot 
of use for a 9-track tape drive on a pocket machine, but...

-tony