HP 85 & a bit more.

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Tue Mar 16 21:29:16 1999

At 10:50 PM 3/16/99 -0000, you wrote:
>> 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.

  You may be right about the DEC stuff but the tapes that I have (about 20
of them) only say DECtape and they definitely fit the 9815, 9825, 9915, 85,
etc.

   Joe
>
Received on Tue Mar 16 1999 - 21:29:16 GMT