repairing/testing 82161a IL issue using 82162a

[dmh]

I realised why I haven't tested with both devices in the loop as I can't power them both at once at this stage so will have to sort this out first.

The wait for a PIL box might be some time too.

I've looked at the Clonix site but it appears that the current product is NoV-64 which I assume will do the same thing? It's pretty expensive too (plug shipping to AU).

Ok, 1 PIL box will work if I do each side separately - thanks.

I was wondering, do the interface connectors ever fail? That would be the simplest thing to fix :-)

I'm wondering if this is worth it now - I only have 1 tape and it may not work even if I get the hardware (IL) side working (not to mention tape head etc).