TK50 Tape Drive - Revision history

Vaxorcist: Link to successor model "TK70 Tape Drive" added

2023-07-27T12:08:25Z

Link to successor model "TK70 Tape Drive" added

2022-11-09T20:22:10Z

Add some content, specs

2022-11-09T14:57:11Z

Jnc moved page TK50 to TK50 Tape Drive: Formal DEC name

2022-11-09T14:56:23Z

‎External links: +manuals, FMPS

2022-11-08T23:29:14Z

‎Further reading: UG and TM

2021-08-27T09:43:36Z

‎Controllers: +QBUS

2021-08-22T08:15:10Z

Better cat

2018-12-18T16:19:31Z

Jnc moved page Tk50 to TK50 over a redirect without leaving a redirect: Proper name

2018-12-18T16:19:02Z

proper cat, +links

2016-02-03T15:41:59Z

Missing 'a' inserted

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	The unit could either be rack mounted, or carried in a stand-alone box. The internally-mounted version did not usually include a [[power supply]], and had to be powered externally. (They used +5 V, 1.2 amperes; and +12 V, 2.0 amperes)		The unit could either be rack mounted, or carried in a stand-alone box. The internally-mounted version did not usually include a [[power supply]], and had to be powered externally. (They used +5 V, 1.2 amperes; and +12 V, 2.0 amperes)
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		+	The '''[[TK70 Tape Drive]]''' with 296 MB capacity became the successor to the TK50.

	==Specifications==		==Specifications==

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-The '''TK50''' was a [[magnetic tape]] backup system popular on VAXen and other [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] computers. The design was later sold off, and became the [[DLT drive]]s. [[TK50 cartridge]]s could store 96 MB of data.
+The '''TK50 Tape Drive''' was a [[magnetic tape]] [[backup]] system popular on [[VAX]]en and other [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] computers. The design was later sold off, and became the [[DLT drive]]s.
-==Controllers==
+Controllers were the [[TUK50 Host Adapter Module]] for the [[UNIBUS]], and the [[TQK50]] for the [[QBUS]].
-* [[UNIBUS]] - [[TUK50 Host Adapter Module]]
+[[TK50 cartridge]]s could store 96 MB of data.
-* [[QBUS]] - [[TQK50]]
 ==Further reading==

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 ==Further reading==
-* ''TK50 Tape Drive Subsystem User's Guide'' (EK-0TK50-UG)
+* ''TK50 Tape Drive Subsystem User Reference Card'' (EK-0TK50-RC) - not online
-* ''TK50 Tape Drive Subsystem Technical Manual'' (EK-0TK50-TM)
 [[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]

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 {{Infobox Tape drive
 | image = Tk50drive.jpg
-| caption = TK 50 drive
+| caption = TK50 drive
 | name = TK50
 | manufacturer = [[Digital Equipment Corporation]]
 |}}
-The '''TK50''' was a [[magnetic tape]] backup system popular on VAXen and other [[DEC]] computers. The design was later sold off, and became the [[DLT drive]]s. [[TK50 cartridge]]s could store 96 MB of data.
+The '''TK50''' was a [[magnetic tape]] backup system popular on VAXen and other [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]] computers. The design was later sold off, and became the [[DLT drive]]s. [[TK50 cartridge]]s could store 96 MB of data.
 ==Controllers==
-* [[UNIBUS]] - [[TUK50]]
+* [[UNIBUS]] - [[TUK50 Host Adapter Module]]
 * [[QBUS]] - [[TQK50]]
 [[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]

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 The '''TK50''' was a [[magnetic tape]] backup system popular on VAXen and other [[DEC]] computers. The design was later sold off, and became the [[DLT drive]]s. [[TK50 cartridge]]s could store 96 MB of data.
-== controllers ==
+==Controllers==
-* [[UNIBUS]] - [[M7547]]
 [[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]

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−	The TK50 was tape backup system popular on VAXen and other DEC equipment. The design was later sold off, and became the DLT drives. [[TK50 cartridges]] could store 96 MB of data.	+	The TK50 was a tape backup system popular on VAXen and other DEC equipment. The design was later sold off, and became the DLT drives. [[TK50 cartridges]] could store 96 MB of data.

	== controllers ==		== controllers ==