Big IBM vacuum-column tapes drives on Ebay

[Ed Kelleher]

At 09:11 AM 9/21/2004, you wrote:
>  >> Two 3420 drives and 3803 controller, in Maine USA.
>  >>
>  >> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=74946&item=5125319498&r
>  >> d=1
>
>  Brad> Umm, very tempting :-)
>
>  Brad> But I suppose it would be impossible to connect it to any other
>  Brad> sort of non-ibm tape controller...  (a 360 just isn't in my
>  Brad> budget :-)
>
>With the controller included, it would presumably hook up to anything
>that knows an IBM channel interface.  So if you have a DX11 you could
>hook it up to your Unibus PDP11; it should hook up to the older PDP10s
>(DX10?  I don't remember that designation but presumably there was
>one).

Here's a SCSI adapter -- at least a picture of one. :-)

http://www.wpoint.co.uk/pdfs/i-1090-e.pdf

Ed K.