BIG! TK70

[Zane H. Healy]

>"Digital Electronics Model TK70 10/20 gb Internal DLT Tape Drive w/ 
>mounting rails and 5 Tapes. "
>
>I'd like to see the size of them tapes!
>And they tested it too!!
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39978&item=5129239275&rd=1
>
>(TK70 holds maybe 290MB per cartridge)

Makes you wonder what sort of tapes they're including with the drive. 
Are they TK70's, or are they DLT's that can't be used in the drive?

>Nice link to DEC tape history...
>
>http://learning.quantum.com/demo/history.htm

It's also interesting to note that most of the Quantum tape drives 
that they show aren't standalone drives, but rather drives that are 
intended to go in a Jukebox.

			Zane

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