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Revision as of 17:54, 8 February 2013
The TK50 specification lists a design lifetime of 30 years for TK50 tapes. Some of the older tapes in my collection are starting to approach this age, so I think it's important to create a digital archive of these tapes before they become unreadable.
After some searching, I found some code to create tape images compatible with the SIMH emulator. This code successfully compiles on a CentOS 5.4 system, and works with an external SCSI TK50 drive, using the /dev/nst0 device. Using this code, I made the following images of my TK50 tape library. Several of these images have been tested with SIMH.
After the destruction of a tape, the TK50 became unreliable. Some searching turned up a TZ875-TA 5-slot tape changer, which is able to read TK50 tapes. This drive has proved much more reliable in making tape images.
DEC Tapes
Other Tapes
| Part Number | Tape Label | File |
|---|---|---|
| 014350 | COGNOS PowerHouse PART NO. 014350 VERSION: 710E1 -- VAX -- SERIAL NO. 162304 CREATED: 1994/DEC/19 Product of CANADA |
014350_cognos_powerhouse_version_710e1_vax_serial_162304.tap.gz |