HP-71 S/W Developer's Handbook Files

[Dave Frederickson]

(06-07-2014 08:28 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  In general, do these tapes survive well enough that I should epxect mine, last used around 1986, would still work?

The little foam pad that presses the tape into the head deteriorates over time. All of my tapes needed to be repaired. Using this procedure by Tony Duell I was able to repair 4 out of 5 of my tapes. Sadly that was after I tried to INITIALIZE them.

(06-07-2014 08:28 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  I will PM you so any potential future requests don't have to waste evryone else's time, unless you think such things are useful to the community.

I hope there're more members like us who like breathing new life back into our vintage machines, mostly thanks to J-F Garnier for the PIL-Box and Christoph Gießelink for the emulators.

See the edit to my earlier post regarding DOSLINK.

Dave