From: mod32@cs.rug.nl ( ) Subject: Re: Tape Drive (help please?) Date: 1 Oct 1992 12:02:38 GMT
In article <BvD7r2.KB1@acsu.buffalo.edu> leet@acsu.buffalo.edu (Brian D. Leet) writes:
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>In article <1992Sep29.203422.26967@let.rug.nl> H.H. Bergman writes:
>>[Just got a new account on a brand new machine -- fingers crossed]
>>leet@acsu.buffalo.edu (Brian D. Leet) writes:
>>: linux. After a bit of research and reading it appears that only QIC-02 and
>>: QIC-36 drives are supported. I am finding that actually locating such a
>>: beast
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>>Note that I am not supporting QIC-36 interfaces. They may just happen to work,
>>but I have no info about QIC-36.
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>Ok, yeah I got that. I seem to remember there being additional code at tsx-11
>for the QIC-36. I would rather find a QIC-02 myself.
>
>>: various Wangtek drives? They all seem to be SCSI to me but I thought i read
>>: somewhere that they were supported. Would someone mind explaining?
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>>I think Wangtek makes basically the same drives with just a different
>>interface option, either SCSI or QIC-02. If you wait a while, there *may*
>>[Drew?] appear an SCSI driver for Linux.
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>Does this just entail a different board to put in an expansion slot? (I am
>looking to buy used and no one can tell me much about thier drives. I need
>specific questions to ask them.)
For QIC-02 you need a QIC-02 compatible interface card + a QIC-02 compatible
drive. For SCSI you need a SCSI interface card + a SCSI tape drive.
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>>: On a more specific vein, are ARchive drives in general supported? In
>>: particular is the Archive VP402 controller card? What about the Archive
>>: 5580i drive? Thanks for any info. choosing a tape drive is becoming a real
>
>>Do you mean the SC402 card?
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>Is the SC402 card what is supported? Knowing a specific card which is
>supported would be *Very* helpful. In fact just a few actual models that
>you know work would be nice.
Support for SC402 and SC499R will probably be in the next release.
Archive SC402 interface card with an Archive Viper 2150L should work, RSN.
I have a Wangtek QIC-02 interface card and a Wangtek 5150EQ tape drive.
It seems that the editor of the QIC-02 specs was an Archive-employee, so
I think they'll probably have more QIC-02 drives.
Disclaimer: Try before you buy!
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> Brian
-Hennus Bergman