awesome Al!
are you going to run it on a 2100 , 21mx or interface it to PC?
ed sharpe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Kossow" <aek_at_spies.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: 7 track drive located!
>
> Got a call last week from a local vendor who remembered that I was looking
> for a 7 track drive. He found two (!) as they were going through their
inventory.
>
> They are EXACTLY what I have been trying to find for a long, long time..
>
> HP7970 tension arm drives with DUAL MODE 7/9 track head assemblies! They
are
> capable of reading anything from 7trk 200bpi to 9trk 1600 bpi tapes.
>
> I won't say how much they were (they weren't cheap) but as part of the
deal
> he let me go through some of his head stack spares, and I found 14 dual
mode
> head stacks! (he let me have five of them with the drives)
>
> --al (doing the Snoopy dance right now!)
>
>
Received on Mon Feb 09 2004 - 20:45:01 GMT