HP 7980A 1/2" Tape Drive - Reel to Reel \ VOGONS

HP 7980A 1/2" Tape Drive - Reel to Reel

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Posted on 2015-09-14, 19:52

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http://www.recycledgoods.com/hp-7980a-9-track … eel-270-mb.html 😎 😘 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEL8wnW5uvs 😀

Both drives are connected to a standard PC with two SCSI host adapters, because "IBM" is High Voltage differential (HVD) and "HP" is standard low voltage differential, single ended (LVD SE). Those devices cannot be on same bus - damaged could occur!!! This PC is running Linux, because it has native support for SCSI tape drives.

HI-I search 95-8-xp drivers

fully kitted

Reply 1 of 1, by chinny22

Posted on 2015-10-01, 14:34

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I like my old server stuff but not sure I can justify that much space for about 200MB 😜
Reminds me of the original Italian Job, Cant believe these were being produced in 95!
The air flow loading is pretty cool as well

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