From: bmc@cbnews.cb.att.com (bradley.j.mcniff) Subject: Re: QIC-36 supported? Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1993 14:02:37 GMT
In article <1993Aug31.235601.6637@hip-hop.suvl.ca.us> root@hip-hop.suvl.ca.us (Remco Treffkorn) writes:
>bone@uncledad.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil (Mike Bone) writes:
>: I have my eye on a tape drive (Wangtek 5150EN, I think) which has a
>: QIC-36 interface. Does the Linux kernel support QIC-36? If so, will the
>: tape drive work out of the box or does some work need to be done for
>: Linux to support QIC-36?
>:
>: Mike Bone (bone@uncledad.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil)
>
>NO, LINUX WILL *NEVER* SUPPORT QIC36 !!!!!!
>
> ... stuif deleted ...
>
>So, buy the Wangtek (good drive if you get it cheap !) and get either
>an external SCSI to QIC36 controller and use the setup with your
>SCSI controller or get a (hopefully supported) QIC02 controller that
>works with your drive.
>
>In any case: YOU NEED A CONTROLLER with your drive.
>
>Cheers,
>Remco remco@hip-hop.suvl.ca.us <<<--- RAEL reply address !!!!
This is inaccurate. On my system, (Gateway 486/33, ISA), the QIC-02
driver works fine with a QIC-36 card and Wangtek 5150EN. No SCSI needed.
I don't understand the QIC interfaces well enough to explain why this is
an expected result :^), but I was told by "people who know" that the
combination should work. And it did.
Brad
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