Can a TU80 read 800bpi tapes?

[Johnny Billquist]

B M <iamvirtual at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can a DEC TU80 tape drive (a 1600bpi device) read 800bpi tapes?  The
> goal is to archive several 9-track tapes I have.  The tapes were
> originally for a PDP-11 system, but I do not know the original tape
> format (RT? RSTS? DOS? ...).

No. The TU80 is 1600 bpi only.

	Johnny

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