HP 9144A, other stuff

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_hiway1.exit109.com>
Date: Thu Nov 4 08:09:20 1999

> Mike,
>
> At 12:29 AM 11/4/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >A HP 9144A tape thing is sitting at one of the salvage places I go by.
> >There is a tape in it, but thats about all I can tell. Location is southern
> >Orange county.
>
> The 9144 is a tape backup. It's HP-IB and can be used EXACTLY like a
> HP-IB disk drive. You can even boot from it but it's S-L-O-W and HP doesn't
> advise it except in case of emergency. It's capacity depends on which tape
> you use in it. The "S" tape has a capacity of 15 Mb and the "L" tape has a
> capacity of about 65 Mb. The 9144s are common but the tapes are sort of
> hard to come by. I could use the tape if you can get it without any
> trouble. The 9144 uses a 16 track tape. The 9145 is similar but uses a 32
> track tape. BTW the 9144 and 9145 both use preformatted tapes. You MUST
> use preformatted HP tapes in them. The 9145 can read but not write 9144
> tapes, I have neve been able to find 9145 tapes.

I don't recall seeing 3rd-party 9145 tapes (32-track), but for the 9144
you want 3M DC600 IOTAMAT-format.

<<<John>>>
Received on Thu Nov 04 1999 - 08:09:20 GMT