Hi,
I have powered up my TU78 that I got from Isildur last fall. Given
just the right power plug with 220V it actually powers up and has
a nice sound. I tried to do some stand-alone testing like threading
a tape etc. I am fighting with the automatic threading system. There
is a switch to select Auto and Manual, but in reality a complete
manual threading is not possible at all, i.e. there is no way to
manually see to it the tape gets properly wound on the empty reel.
The automatic threading will suck the tape into all sorts of blind
canals, it's quite funny. Even though I have a TM78 user manual,
the magic of threading isn't described there (guess that's in the
operator's manual?)
The TU78 also has a nice key pad that seems to allow all sorts of
stand-alone testing and diagnosis, but that again is not described
in the TM78 manual. Does anyone of you run a TU78 and could initiate
me into the art of handling one :-)?
I am waiting for my PCM board for the VAX 11/780 before I can
report progress on that end. Will drive to Kansas soon to get
the backplane stuff for the 11/785 boards that I bought last
year.
regards
-Gunther
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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow_at_regenstrief.org
Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org
Received on Sat May 25 2002 - 15:11:04 BST