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- From: mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
- Subject: Re: Setting up ExaByte
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.124454.20654@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
- Keywords: A3000 Exabyte Tape
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- References: <1992Jul12.141750.10460@newssrv.edvz.univie.ac.at> <7783@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> <1992Jul13.084849.3091@dxcern.cern.ch> <14irjjINNbu2@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 12:44:54 GMT
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- In <14irjjINNbu2@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> tra@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Asocks) writes:
- >Exabyte drives need to be internally terminated since there is no way
- >to supply the +5 volts needed for external terminators.
-
- Huh ?
-
- There is exactly one unit that supplies the +5V for the terminators.
- In the case where there is a single initiator (the host computer)
- the intiator is responsible for the +5V supply. I don't know what
- the different host adapters think what is right but the A3000
- and A2091 will feed +5V to the SCSI bus.
-
- >/* mount entry for Exabyte drive using BTN (on Fish Disks) */
- >TAPE: Handler = L:btn-handler
- > Startup = "suprascsi.device/UN-4/BS-1024/NB-8/BT-4"
- > Stacksize = 4000
- > Priority = 5
- > GlobVec = -1
- > Mount = 1
- >#
-
- You get better throughput when you use 32k blocksize. I also use
- it with 'variable' block sizes.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
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