Great Finds

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Fri Jul 7 18:44:16 2000

steverob_at_hotoffice.com asks:
> Located two complete HP 9000/832 minicomputers. After tinkering around for a
> What kind of tapes does the built-in drive use?

"Stan Sieler" <ss_at_allegro.com> wrote:
> That's probably a DDS (aka "DAT") drive ... at least, that's the only drive
> I've ever seen built-in to any HP 9000/8x2 or HP 3000/9x2.
> (It'll be a DDS-1, most likely)

DDS-1, and supports 60-meter tapes *ONLY*. The drive predates 90-meter
tapes, and will not work reliably with them.
Received on Fri Jul 07 2000 - 18:44:16 BST