[cctalk] Need 8mm or DLT-II tape?

2022-08-09 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
I have many 8mm tapes. A few are new. First comers get new ones. I have a few 8mm cleaning cassettes I have about a dozen DLT-II tapes. I have some Ultrium LTO fibre-channel SCSI drives that were removed from a tape-mounting robot several years ago. I never used them in my computers. The mountin

[cctalk] Re: Dec rl02 disk pack shelf design

2022-08-09 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Aug 9, 2022, at 9:14 AM, Ryan de Laplante via cctalk > wrote: > > I know this is not exactly what you are talking about, but attached is a > picture of an RK05 with a storage unit for holding platters just above. I’m > still hoping one will show up on eBay someday. I remember those f

[cctalk] Re: Dec rl02 disk pack shelf design

2022-08-09 Thread Ryan de Laplante via cctalk
I know this is not exactly what you are talking about, but attached is a picture of an RK05 with a storage unit for holding platters just above. I’m still hoping one will show up on eBay someday. - obsol33t > On Aug 9, 2022, at 6:26 AM, Joshua Rice via cctalk > wrote: > > > I have def

[cctalk] Re: Dec rl02 disk pack shelf design

2022-08-09 Thread W2HX via cctalk
I have one that looks slightly different than the one shown earlier https://w2hx.com/?prefix=x/VintageComp/RL-Drives/ But I could use one or two more, so add me to the list of prospects. Were there larger cabinets designed to hold these? I can imagine some operations having dozens of these disk p

[cctalk] Re: VT220 North of Boston

2022-08-09 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Boston GB, Boston USA or Boston somewhere else? On Tue, 9 Aug 2022, Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk wrote: There are apparently 16 Bostons in the USA https://geotargit.com/citiespercountry.php?qcountry_code=US&qcity=Boston Perhaps you could differentiate by how far it is from Springfield.

[cctalk] Re: Dec rl02 disk pack shelf design

2022-08-09 Thread Ryan de Laplante via cctalk
I’d buy one or two > On Aug 9, 2022, at 10:11 AM, Jonathan Chapman via cctalk > wrote: > > I have a friend who has one of the wire rack RL style pack racks, which looks > a lot like the one pictured. I've thought about having a wireform > manufacturer do a run of them. Aforementioned friend

[cctalk] Re: Dec rl02 disk pack shelf design

2022-08-09 Thread Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
I have a friend who has one of the wire rack RL style pack racks, which looks a lot like the one pictured. I've thought about having a wireform manufacturer do a run of them. Aforementioned friend is willing to loan it for dimensional capture/reproduction. Is this something people would be inter

[cctalk] Re: Dec rl02 disk pack shelf design

2022-08-09 Thread Joshua Rice via cctalk
I have definitely seen pictures of them stacked edge-on. Since they were essentially identical physically to the IBM 5440 disk packs (though formatting would be wildly different), i imagine that might be a good place to start in regards to existing designs. Alternatively, it should be trivial

[cctalk] Re: VT220 North of Boston

2022-08-09 Thread Joshua Rice via cctalk
You say that, but Galway is just a county over, and DEC had a large manufacturing base there. It's entirely possible for there to be a VT220 rotting in someones loft or barn in the vicinity of Boston, Ireland. I believe this is on the same isle, and the same state https://en.wikipedia.org/w

[cctalk] Re: VT220 North of Boston

2022-08-09 Thread Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
> -Original Message- > From: Peter Coghlan via cctalk > Sent: 09 August 2022 01:22 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > Cc: Peter Coghlan > Subject: [cctalk] Re: VT220 North of Boston > > Boston GB, Boston USA or Boston somewhere else? There are apparently 16 Boston