interesting, interesting.

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Sun Feb 28 07:04:28 1999

On Feb 28, 0:08, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> >Chuck wrote:
> >> On the tape drive in the BA123, it has a plain black front with a
button
> >> and two LEDs, one orange and one green. TK50? Where could I get media
for
> >> it? What does it look like?
> >
> >Maybe an Exabyte 8200 drive (8 mm)? But those aren't standard equipment
on
> >the uVAX II, and would require a SCSI controller.
>
> Yipes, looking over at my _Exabyte 8500_ it has a little black button
that
> has a green LED above an orange one directly to the right of the button.
> I'd guess the drive in question is a 8500, all the 8200's I've seen have
> beige faceplates. This makes sense seeing as how the MVII in question
has
> SCSI Hard Drives.

Both of my ExaByte 8200's have black faceplates. However, the LEDs are
side-by-side about 1.25" from the left side of the drive, and the button is
on the right.

When the drive is powered up, what do the LEDs do? If you press the
button, does the front open to allow you to insert a tape, like a miniature
VHS machine? Or does it just have an open slot to slide a cartridge into?

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York
Received on Sun Feb 28 1999 - 07:04:28 GMT

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