Just loved to hear those tapes being sucked out of the vacuum columns Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 29, 2025, at 09:01, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
