hello,

yes, i have a spare floppy drive. like the TK50's, theyre available for 
the price of postage. i dont have the cables though. should just be 
pretty normal connection to the RQDX's distribution board. 

I have about 30 TK50s that i will never need. free to a good home. 

isildur

On Thu, 24 May 2001, NetBSD Bob wrote:

> > ah, TK50s! check them out the window! I have boxes of TK50s, for the 
> > price of shipping ill gladly send some your way. i think theyre useless. 
> > the drives constantly break down. i back up my VAXen onto DAT. 
> 
> Yeah, they require lots of head cleaning, in my hands.  But, on an
> MVII, they are about all there is.  I keep my transports loose in
> the cabinet, where I can pull it out easly for a quick finger wipe
> of the head using a soft cotton rag.  That is the ONLY thing I have
> found that consistently works to keep the heads in shape, of late.
> 
> If anyone has some spare TK50 tape cartrides, I will be happy to
> write some NetBSD/4.3BSD/Ultrix tapes for Linc, if he needs them.
> My stock of spare tapes is mostly gone, so I am in the begging mode
> for a few.
> 
> Anyone know if the 1.5.1 or current VAX has working TK50 support?
> Last time I loaded by tape, I had to use 1.4.1 first and then
> unroll, manually, 1.5 on a spare drive.... not a good way to install.
> On a single drive machine, it is messy.
> 
> > > I am about to get my first big vax MVII/GPX in a week.  I got a list of
> > > what's in it and I was wondering if any of you could tell me a little
> > > about it..  It's got:
> 
> All MVII's are S L O W machines.  But, they are fun.  The fastest
> thing that runs on them is NetBSD-1.4.3, for ethernet speed, and
> NetBSD-1.2 or 4.3BSD for general speed, with Ultrix 32M second,
> in my hands.  Most other NetBSD's are slower, in comparison.
> I have not tried the 1.5.1B2, yet.  Anyone got a -current snap?
> 
> > > M7620-AA
> 
> Ahhh.  MVIII cpu... good karma.  Not the slowest machine in the
> world.  Medium speed, like a slow 3100 series machine.  3.x vups.
> 
> .....
> 
> > > I also was wondering if anyone knows where I can get and how much more
> > > memory I can put in this, and if there is anyone out there with a spare
> > > front panel for one of these (BA123-A? enclosure).
> 
> 16mb of ram is plenty for most uses on that machine.  The card cage
> only holds 2 (BA23) or 3 (BA123) ram cards.  16mb cards are good if
> you can find them.  That is what mine has.
> 
> > > One last thing - is there some nice person on the list that could perhaps
> > > make me a current netbsd install tape on a TK50?  Please?? :-)
> > > Anyone know where I might be able to obtain a couple TK50's?
> 
> If isildur has some, grab a couple for spares.  You WILL need them.
> 
> I can write you tapes, if noone else dos, if someone can supply them.
> My stock is almost gone, except for my master tapes.  Where have all
> the TK50 cartridges gone.....(to old Peter, Paul and Mary song?)?
> 
> Digression....
> Anyone have a spare floppy drive and the cabling bits?  I have always
> wanted to floppy load Ultrix 32m.  I hear that is fast to load from
> floppy.
> 
> Bob
> 
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