IBM 9348 9-track tape drive

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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005, Al Kossow wrote:

> You may want to compare your drive to the documentation on the
> HP 88780 under bitsavers/pdf/hp/tape
>
> I looked at one on an AS400 a long time ago, and IBM appeared
> to have OEMed the drive from HP.
>
> It is also 1600/6250 only, and 88780s are pretty rough on
> sticky tapes, so don't try using it on anything irreplacable.

Ok, cool, thanks.  I checked in the IBM section but didn't find anything
of course.  This little bit of trivia helps.

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