That is one of a handful of DEC items I'm still looking for, so if anyone has an extra or running out of room, please contact me off list.
I would plan on the capstan being shot also. Anyone have any extras? Paul On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Johnny Billquist <b...@update.uu.se> wrote: > On 2015-09-05 18:00, william degnan wrote: > >> Were common, but are there a lot in use today? I am going to take some >> photos, share with whomever is interested. The plan is to clean >> thoroughly, move into the basement and work to restore. >> > > I would say they are rather uncommon today. We're basically talking about > a 40 year old tape drive with vacuum colons. Many things that age badly, > not to mention lots were tossed when they became unfashionable. > And vacuum colon drives do require a bit more time and understanding to > work on in the first place. > > I have a TU10 at home, connected to my PDP8, but I doubt the drive is > working anymore. I haven't powered it on in over 10 years... > > Johnny > > > >> On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> wrote: >> >> On 9/5/15 8:46 AM, Al Kossow wrote: >>> >>> On 9/5/15 8:40 AM, william degnan wrote: >>>> >>>> I surprisingly found little >>>>> commentary or threads about the TU10 / TM11, other than DEC docs. I >>>>> guess >>>>> these are not super common >>>>> >>>>> >>>> They were common. I worked on a bunch of them. Expect the vacuum sensors >>>> to be bad >>>> in the columns. I think Guy still has a couple of them. >>>> >>>> Honk!! >>>> >>>> If you've ever loaded a tape on one, you know what that means! >>>> >>>> >>>> And the basic tape transport was reused in the TE-16 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > -- > Johnny Billquist || "I'm on a bus > || on a psychedelic trip > email: b...@softjar.se || Reading murder books > pdp is alive! || tryin' to stay hip" - B. Idol >
