CDC/VAX tapes and drives

[Rich Alderson]

Sorry, everyone.  That was *supposed* to be a private reply to Erik.

Let me clarify that "other people's tapes" means *data* tapes, not
manufacturer-supplied distribution media.  The original post did not
make clear exactly what was on offer.

Rich Alderson                                               
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-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Paul Koning
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 11:59 AM
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: CDC/VAX tapes and drives

>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Alderson <RichA at vulcan.com> writes:

 Rich> Hi, Erik, We would be interested in this.  We can certainly use
 Rich> the tape racks and drives; other people's tapes are
 Rich> problematic, but a bulk eraser fixes that.

Eek.

If those tapes contain things that are worth preserving, that would be
a bad idea.  I can't tell from the original note whether "CDC/VAX"
describes the drives, or the tapes, or both.  If it describes the
tapes, it may well be that they contain stuff that should be preserved
and hasn't yet been.  There's an active CDC community out there that
I'm sure would want to take a look at any tapes before they are sent
to the eraser.

   paul