HP 85 & a bit more.

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Tue Mar 16 16:50:55 1999

> They're made for the old 3M DC-1000 tapes, DEC tapes work great.

No, I've tried DECtapes. It takes a lot of force to get them into the
slot, and they don't seem to work. :-)

For the uninitiated, DECtapes are six-inch reels of 3/4 inch (?) tape.

I think Joe is saying that the 85 needs the same cartridge tapes as the DEC
TU58 "DECtape II" drive, as commonly found on the PDP-11/44, VAX-11/750, and
other early-80s DEC machines. Despite the moniker, there is almost nothing in
common between DECtape and DECtape II.
Received on Tue Mar 16 1999 - 16:50:55 GMT