The thing is that on the 7072 the 7330 was your only option; you couldn't attach 729s. I never saw a 7330 in the flesh.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of billog...@optonline.net <billog...@optonline.net> Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2025 8:04 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: 3420 environmentals External Message: Use Caution * Ah, makes a LOT more sense to show something on a reel drive! On 34x0 it's more like "Listen, you can hear the tape rewinding..." Growing older is not great when I need to write a correct message. My comment about oscillating sorts and "tape drive shows" was meant for 3420 drives, not 3480/90s. Sorry. As best I remember (with age!) the 7330 drives could be used with many systems. And high-speed rewind was more interesting with them! They were considerably less expensive than 729 drives. Bill Ogden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
