[rescue] Looking for sun4 SunOS4 QIC tapes

[Richard]

Hi Peter

Totally agree with you and that is the plan. I have inspected the unit
and the capstan rubber feels OK although the belt is marginal. Anyone
know where to get replacements of both?

Regards

Richard

On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, at 02:23 AM, Peter Stokes wrote:
> Hi Richard
> 
> Be very careful with those old Qic drives, the main capstan rubber goes
> gooey
> on a large number and wrecks the tape, please check with a blank tape
> before
> loading a disti copy.
> 
> Peter
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On 27 Aug 2017, at 11:13, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi There
> >
> > So I have original tapes as follows and also a tape drive to read them
> > (may need some maint as I haven't used it in 15 years). tapes look
> > visually OK but I think the last time I booted a system or used one
> > would have been about 1998...
> >
> > SunOS 4.0.3 export SPARC part number 700-2154-10 Rev A. QIC24/9 tape 1
> > boot and tape 2 of 2
> > 1.1 News SUNBIN Sun2 Sun3 tar format QIC24 part number 700-1603-10 Rev A
> > tape 1 of 1
> > SunOS 4.0.3 export 68030 part number 700-2152-10 rev A QIC24/9 tape 1
> > boot and tape 2 of 2
> > SunOS 4.0 export 68020 part numbe r700-1610-10 Rev A QIC24/9 tape1 boot
> > and tape 2 of 2
> > SunOS 4.0.1 export 68020 part number 700-2016-11 Rev A tape 1 of 1
> > 1.0 OpenWindows (BETA 2) Sun-3 tar format QIC24 partnumber 700-2102-06
> > Rev 50
> > FrameMaker Version 3.0 for Sun 3/Sun4/Sun i386 SunOS 3.0 or greater
> > SunOS for the 386i including 4.0.2 upgrade kit and hareare diagnostic
> > disks
> >
> > unfortunatley I no longer have my 3/50,3/60,3/110,3/260,3/330 or 4/260
> > to test them on but I could at least create CPIO images if needed....but
> > I might have to restore a drive first
> >
> > no promises but if you are in need please let me know
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Sun, 27 Aug 2017, at 11:23 AM, Andrew Liles wrote:
> >> Looking specifically for the 2x QIC-24 SunOS 4.0.3c sun4c SUNBIN tapes
> >> but any
> >> tapes relevant to the SunOS 4.0 - 4.1.4 era for SPARC would be nice to
> >> have.
> >> Were tape distros made for sun4m machines?
> >>
> >> Ibm sure many of these tapes are degrading at this point and Ibm not
> >> seeing a whole lot of preservation of pre-Solaris SunOS releases for
> >> SPARC
> >> around - maybe Ibm mistaken! Also seemingly hard to locate are any of
> >> the
> >> optional distribution tapes for SunOS4 sun4 - like OpenWindows 1.0, etc.
> >>
> >> sun3arc.org <http://sun3arc.org/> seems to be a great source for 68k-era
> >> machines but havenbt found an equivalent for sun4[emc]
> >>
> >> Would be happy with the physical tapes themselves or dumps of the
> >> contents.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> -a.
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