kennedy 9300 tape drive

From: Al Kossow <aek_at_spies.com>
Date: Fri Aug 29 16:14:00 2003

> out of all the years I owned Computer Exchange Inc. I had only one 7970 hp
> tape drive that would read 7 track... even the ones that only read 7
> track must have been scarce too, or I just never attracted them!

Are you sure it was a hp 7970 ?
All hp7970 I found are 9-track ...

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You must have not looked very hard.
page 1-02 of the 7970 manual at www.spies.com/aek/pdf/hp/tape/07970-90887_7970svc_Dec77.pdf
7970B/7970E magnetic tape unit configuration guide
model-option
7970B-136       200 556	800	7tk
7970E-164	200 556 800 1600	7tk 9tk slave
7970E-165	200 556 800 1600	7tk 9tk master

Received on Fri Aug 29 2003 - 16:14:00 BST