TU16 Tape Transport - Revision history

Jnc: + cat - two different interfaces

2024-02-08T20:56:14Z

+ cat - two different interfaces

Jnc: Jnc moved page TU16 magtape drive to TU16 Tape Transport: Actual DEC name

2024-01-09T01:41:54Z

Jnc moved page TU16 magtape drive to TU16 Tape Transport: Actual DEC name

Jnc: Formal DEC names

2024-01-09T01:41:29Z

Formal DEC names

Jnc: /* External links */ +Bitsavers doc folder

2024-01-09T00:55:45Z

‎External links: +Bitsavers doc folder

Jnc: /* External links */ +tech manuals

2021-08-23T16:13:17Z

‎External links: +tech manuals

Jnc: Better cat

2021-08-22T09:00:03Z

Better cat

Jnc: Jnc moved page TU16 to TU16 magtape drive: Common naming system

2018-01-19T13:28:50Z

Jnc moved page TU16 to TU16 magtape drive: Common naming system

Jnc: Link some terms

2017-12-05T06:12:11Z

Link some terms

Jnc: copyedit

2016-09-27T02:25:37Z

copyedit

Jnc at 02:22, 27 September 2016

2016-09-27T02:22:11Z

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	[[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]		[[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]
		+	[[Category: MASSBUS Tape Drives]]

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-The '''TU16''' is a classic big [[magnetic tape drive]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], basically an updated version of the [[TU10 magtape drive|TU10]], with the original [[FLIP CHIP]]-based electronics replaced with more modern electronics.
+The '''TU16 Tape Transport''' is a classic big [[magnetic tape drive]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], basically an updated version of the [[TU10 DECmagtape|TU10]], with the original [[FLIP CHIP]]-based electronics replaced with more modern electronics.
 It is able to store 5-40 Mbytes on a 2400' 0.5" wide tape, on a standard 10-1/2" reel. It supports 7-track operation at 200, 556, and 800 BPI, and 9-track operation 800 and 1600 BPI. The tape transport utilizes a single capstan, with vacuum columns.

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 ==External links==
-* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/magtape/tu16/EK-TU16-MM-002_TU16_TM02_Tape_Drive_System_Maintenance_Manual.pdf EK-TU16-MM-002 TU16/TM02 tape drive system maintenance manual]
+* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/magtape/tu16/ TU16] - documentation at [[Bitsavers]]
 [[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]

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	The drive does has to be able to indicate (to the controller) whether it is a 7-track or 9-track. -->		The drive does has to be able to indicate (to the controller) whether it is a 7-track or 9-track. -->
		+	==External links==
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		+	* [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/magtape/tu16/EK-TU16-MM-002_TU16_TM02_Tape_Drive_System_Maintenance_Manual.pdf EK-TU16-MM-002 TU16/TM02 tape drive system maintenance manual]

	[[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]		[[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]

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-The '''TU16''' is a classic big [[magnetic tape]] drive from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], basically an updated version of the [[TU10]], with the original [[FLIP CHIP]]-based electronics replaced with more modern electronics.
+The '''TU16''' is a classic big [[magnetic tape drive]] from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], basically an updated version of the [[TU10 magtape drive|TU10]], with the original [[FLIP CHIP]]-based electronics replaced with more modern electronics.
 It is able to store 5-40 Mbytes on a 2400' 0.5" wide tape, on a standard 10-1/2" reel. It supports 7-track operation at 200, 556, and 800 BPI, and 9-track operation 800 and 1600 BPI. The tape transport utilizes a single capstan, with vacuum columns.
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 To connect to [[UNIBUS]] [[PDP-11]]'s, one of two controllers can be used.
-The TU16 is normally used with a [[TM02]] controller, which is a [[MASSBUS]] controller; a TM02 can handle up to eight TU16 drives. The TU16/TM02 with an [[RH11]] MASSBUS interface is denominated as a '''TJU16'''; with the [[RH70]] MASSBUS interface of the [[PDP-11/70]], it is denominated as a '''TWU16'''.
+The TU16 is normally used with a [[TM02 magtape controller|TM02]] controller, which is a [[MASSBUS]] controller; a TM02 can handle up to eight TU16 drives. The TU16/TM02 with an [[RH11 MASSBUS controller|RH11]] MASSBUS interface is denominated as a '''TJU16'''; with the [[RH70 MASSBUS controller|RH70]] MASSBUS interface of the [[PDP-11/70]], it is denominated as a '''TWU16'''.
 The TU16 can also be used with one of the [[TM11 magtape controller|TM11 series]] of magtape controllers. To connect to these controllers, in the first drive, the three dual-high bus interface cards (above) are replaced by an M8926 interface board. (Details of the controller-Master interface are given [[TM11 magtape controller#Drive Connection|here]].) Such a drive is a 'Master' '''TU10W''' drive; additional TU16 'Slave' drives (up to seven) may be connected to the Master drive.
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 The drive does has to be able to indicate (to the controller) whether it is a 7-track or 9-track. -->
-[[Category:Tape Drives]]
+[[Category: DEC Tape Drives]]

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-The '''TU16''' is a classic big tape drive from [[Digital Equipment Corporation]], basically an updated version of the [[TU10]], with the original [[FLIP CHIP]]-based electronics replaced with more modern electronics.
+The '''TU16''' is a classic big [[magnetic tape]] drive from [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], basically an updated version of the [[TU10]], with the original [[FLIP CHIP]]-based electronics replaced with more modern electronics.
 It is able to store 5-40 Mbytes on a 2400' 0.5" wide tape, on a standard 10-1/2" reel. It supports 7-track operation at 200, 556, and 800 BPI, and 9-track operation 800 and 1600 BPI. The tape transport utilizes a single capstan, with vacuum columns.
-The TU16 drive contains a fair amount of electronics, in the form of several boards in a 4-slot [[DEC card form factor|hex]]-high backplane:
+The TU16 drive contains a fair amount of electronics, in the form of several boards in a 4-slot [[DEC card form factor|hex]]-high [[backplane]]:
 *M8910 - Logic and Write