That sounds very plausible, Mike. It's too far for me, but I bet somebody local could get both lots for $1000, by picking them up and saving them the hassle of crating etc. -- Robert
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Mike Loewen via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2017, Anders Nelson via cctalk wrote: > >> Hi there, here's an eBay auction for two HP 7970E tape drives that appear >> to function: >> >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-HP-7970e-DUAL-Tape-Drive-Cabinet-Reel-to-Reel-Player-/192204691239 >> >> I'm curious if anyone is looking for one of these drives. I'm not sure if >> I >> want to pull the trigger on something expensive I won't use until I have >> free time, but I imagine stuff like this is only getting more rare. I have >> a Remex paper tape reader in seemingly perfect condition I intend to use >> with an emulated PDP-8/e (using Rod Smallwood's repro front panel), but >> it'd be awesome to be able to save stuff too. > > > I believe these drives were originally attached to the 2117F in this > auction: > > Ebay 401311487499 > > I zoomed in on the first photo and it appears that the upper drive is a > 7970E and the lower is a 7970B. The tape controller board sets in their > 2117F are 13183 (7970E) and 13181 (7970B), which is why I think these two > items belong together. The 7970B was nominally 800bpi NRZI, while the 7970E > was 1600bpi PE. However, each drive had options, so it's impossible to say > what capabilities are there without seeing the option numbers. > > If someone wanted to pick up both items, you'd have a nice setup. > > > Mike Loewen mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us > Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
