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- AMI TECH TIP
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- TECH TIP NO. 16.002
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- DATE: May 9, 1991
- BOARD TYPE: Enterprise II, Series-16
- BOARD REVISION: D or D1
- BOARD FREQUENCY: 25MHz or 33MHz
- RELEASED BY: Engineering Dept.
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- PROBLEM: The Floppy Disk Controller on the Enterprise II motherboard
- is not compatible with a streaming tape drive. (This
- problem will also affect the Enterprise I, Series-25
- motherboard. See Tech Tip 25.002).
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- REASON: The Intel 82077-1 Floppy Disk Controller used on the
- motherboard does not support streaming tape drives.
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- SOLUTION: Intel now has a version of the Floppy Disk Controller that
- is compatible with streaming tape drives. The Intel part
- Number is 82077AA-1. All boards should be shipped with the
- new 82077AA-1 Floppy Disk Controller in the future. If a
- customer has a board with the 82077-1 Floppy Disk Controller
- and needs to use a streaming tape drive, the Floppy Disk
- Controller should be swapped for the new one. It is a
- 68-pin PLCC package at U76. It is in a socket but a
- special tool is needed to remove it from the socket.
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