1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

That makes my eye twitch. Way to overcomplicated. And it only sorta works.

 

@Speedytech7 You've got some cool videos. You are very well spoken. Very clear. You should make some DIY videos and get a big youtube following and (check).

I didn't see an answer to one of your thrift store find questions. I can tell you about the magnetic tape cartridge. It looks to be part an IBM 3480 family of cartridge based data backup tapes. The volume serial number is 005102. A responsible company will destroy any magnetic media before it leaves the organization for data protection purposes. Hopefully, the tape was erased by a tape degaussing/erasure device before being decommissioned. Modern drives automatically encrypt data with strong encryption algorithms as it is written to tape for protection.

Tapes are still in use (though with much higher density) and tracked by the volume serial number for "service life management" and rotation in and out of robotic managed tape management library. There is a software based file name-to-volume serial number catalog that cross-references files to volume serial numbers to the system will automatically recall the tape and load the data to disk based on accessing a file name. In a sense its like having a perpetual file archival system that doesn't occupy your prime high speed disk until you need to pull in a old file for reference.

The 3480 series replaced the classic round reel tape that you see in this picture.



On page 4 of this link you can get information on the 3480 and some IBM storage history.

https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_fifty4.html

Oh I can tell you how we though the 3480 tape cartridges were a godsend from the classic 9-track tape reels. Here's a picture of the first IBM System 370 that I started programming when I was just youngster.



Your video with the question.

https://youtu.be/2kyFw1m42ng

Here's a video about today's tape cartridge robotic systems.

https://youtu.be/xImqdws0_wo

 

those type of machines took plenty of my paper route earnings way way back at the local arcade
not sure it was money well spent however...

 

@Speedytech7 are the newer Duramaxes worth looking at?

I know the 2011 had DEF/DPF problems and they have issues with the injection pumps but other than that?

https://denver.craigslist.org/ctd/d/englewood-2014-gmc-sierra-2500-slt-4x4/6983035545.html

 

https://denver.craigslist.org/ctd/d/littleton-2015-gmc-sierra-2500hd-slt/6982963285.html

 

https://denver.craigslist.org/ctd/d/littleton-2015-chevrolet-silverado/6982912416.html

 

Hmmmmmmmm

That's what I was thinking...

Just buy that new one so I don't have to

 

Nah just come work with me

 

There's another 1st gen PreRunner in my neighborhood. I spotted this one parted at my neighborhood Ace Hardware.

Based on the parking spot, I suspect the owner works at Ace.

Whoever owns it has some money invested in wheels. This is my favorite color.

I might try to figure out who owns it and strike up a conversation. This might be a candidate for one of my Holiday season random acts of kindness to help out somebody who has a vehicle like mine that needs some assistance.

Once in a while I find people selling a Nissan/Infiniti on CL because the car is suffering from a bad MAF or something really easy where I have the spare part in my workshop. Then I'll find that somebody is trying to rip them off and charge $400 or $500 for a MAF and telling them is part of the computer system. So they are scared to death and dumping a basically good car.

So I'll give them one of my spare MAFs and fix their car to brighten their world for bit. Its just one of my "goes around comes around" kind of things.

 

Best color ever

 

Whats the best way to mount a job box into a van??

 

2006 Toyota Tundra Work Truck
http://www.ksl.com/auto/listing/5847527

Someone get it and SC it

 

Should of gotten that instead of another taco

 

Bolts through the floor with fender washers.

 

You saw who posted that video right? Lol

 

Another Tacoma’s much more useful though

 

Duct tape and bubble gum

 

I was thinking hopes and dreams

 

Idk whats under the floor though in the van

 

You’ve got two eyes and a neck

Use them