Denys:

Thanks for your help as always.
 
The reason I started this posting is because I got the opportunity of buying
a "cheap" 918LX.
 
I saw the system today. It boots up ok, goes to the ISL> prompt ok. I did a
START NORECOVERY with NOSYSSTART (SYSSTART on the 2nd attempt) and I got a
ton of errors each time as it came up. (BAD UFID on spoolfiles)
 
Unfortunately, this 918LX is really old, the colon prompt says "MPE XL:"
indicating a very old version of MPE. The two disc drives for LDEV 1 & 2 are
only 2gb' ers, very little memory in it and only a DDS-2 tape drive.
 
Also, this 918LX is missing the metal frame and plastic face plate.
 
Moreover, at the colon prompt I tried to log onto MANAGER.SYS (with a parm=-1)
but there was a user password on MANAGER and no one in the warehouse knew
what it was, so I could get logged on to go into sysgen to see what was
actually configured.

I think the $400+ they want for it is a bit excessive. 

I would only offer them $50 for it as I would have to spend quite a bit of 
$$$ on it just to get it up to par with my 917LX. 
 
The only reason I would want this 918LX is so I can upgrade to 7.5 PP?
 
Maybe it is not worth the trouble?
 
Anyone's comments and suggestions would be appreciated as always.

TIA,
Brian.







On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:11:06 -0500, Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>It depends on the tape itself.  If it's a 120 meter tape, perhaps.  If it's
>a 125 meter tape, no way.
>
>Denys...
>
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>Subject: [HP3000-L] DDS-2 Tape Drive vs DDS-3 Tape Drive
>
>I created a SYSGEN tape on a 917LX using a DDS-3 tape drive.
>
>I want to install the contents of the SYSGEN tape on a 918LX using a DDS-2
>tape drive.
>
>Will the DDS-2 tape drive be able to read the tape created on a DDS-3 tape
>drive?
>
>TIA,
>Brian Donaldson.
>
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