looking for an IBM 9348

Well to satisfy my craving for a 9-track tape drive I have
decided to start looking for something I can manage. Yes, I
would love a 3240 or that massive IBM 5360 (system/36?) on
the Vintage computer marketplace but I have to get serious
and remember that that kind of gear weighs too much for a
teen like me to ship.
 
Anyways, yeah I am looking for an IBM 9348 scsi tape drive.
I was looking into using it in a little IBM 360 emulator
that runs on Ubuntu but mainly it's for bragging rights
(Chicks dig guys with big drives). Now while it is samller
it's still hjeavy (if you alrready have one than you
understand me here) so if you want to part with yours PLEASE
promise me that it works before I shell out. It would be
nice to get one locally too.
 
Identification photos can be found on the link below.
http://ripsaw.cac.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/IBM9348.html
 
Thanks.
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john ball wrote:
>  
> Anyways, yeah I am looking for an IBM 9348 scsi tape
drive. I was looking into using it in a little IBM 360
emulator that runs on Ubuntu but mainly it's for bragging
rights (Chicks dig guys with big drives). Now while it is
samller it's still hjeavy (if you alrready have one than you
understand me here) so if you want to part with yours PLEASE
promise me that it works before I shell out. It would be
nice to get one locally too.

If you're flexible on the packaging, there are a number of
SCSI 6250 bpi
9-track tape drives that were offered by DEC, HP, etc. Many
were shipped
in tabletop trim instead of rackmount. A search for eBay
auction
#220154267195 will show you such a unit from Overland Data
currently
located in Allantown, PA.

Good luck,
--Steve.

On Sep 30, 2007, at 4:08 AM, john ball wrote:
> Well to satisfy my craving for a 9-track tape drive I
have decided  
> to start looking for something I can manage. Yes, I
would love a  
> 3240 or that massive IBM 5360 (system/36?) on the
Vintage computer  
> marketplace but I have to get serious and remember that
that kind  
> of gear weighs too much for a teen like me to ship.
>
> Anyways, yeah I am looking for an IBM 9348 scsi tape
drive. I was  
> looking into using it in a little IBM 360 emulator that
runs on  
> Ubuntu but mainly it's for bragging rights (Chicks dig
guys with  
> big drives). Now while it is samller it's still hjeavy
(if you  
> alrready have one than you understand me here) so if
you want to  
> part with yours PLEASE promise me that it works before
I shell out.  
> It would be nice to get one locally too.
>
> Identification photos can be found on the link below.
> http://ripsaw.cac.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/IBM9348.html

   That drive looks suspiciously like an HP 88780.

          -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Dave McGuire wrote:

>> Identification photos can be found on the link
below.
>> http://ripsaw.cac.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/IBM9348.html
>
> That drive looks suspiciously like an HP 88780.

    Same basic drive, but with a different control panel on
it.  Also the 
HP 7980.


Mike Loewen				mloewencpumagic.scol.pa.us
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