Re: DECtape II for sale

From: Eric Smith (eric-no-spam-for-me_at_brouhaha.com)
Date: 06/10/04

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    "John" <john_junk@talk21.com> writes:
    > I have a few new-in-box DECtape II tapes for sale, these are sealed and
    > formatted for use in TU-58 drives. Here is my eBay ad:
    >
    > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8110545882
    >
    > Ad is aimed at Hewlett Packard 85 owners as that's what I'm into, if the
    > price seems high then that's because HP owners are rich kids ;-) Of course
    > if anyone has a hoard of unused DECtape IIs then I'll leave it to you to do
    > as you see fit!

    Be forewarned that if you format a DECtape II in an HP-85, or most anything
    else, it will never again work in an actual DECtape II drive (TU58).
    DECtape II tapes are preformatted, and the DECtape II drive is not
    capable of reformatting them.

    It is rumored that firmware for the TU58 drive to format tapes existed
    within DEC, but no copy of this firmware has been found.

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