NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/hardware/20737

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From: [e-mail] (Uwe Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Problems with Irwin Streamer HW-9982 (formatting)
Keywords: Tape, Streamer, Irwin, Format
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Date: 31 Jul 92 11:47:49 GMT
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Hi netters!

For about one week I have an (low-cost) Irwin Streamer HW-9982,
(or maybe sold as Commodore 970 tape drive) in my Noname (Saphir)
80386-DX 33MHz, 8MB RAM tower. During installation I had the problem
that the drive select jumper had to be switched from '1' to '2' which
seems to be unusual for a PC device. Then with the formatted AccuTrak
40MB tape (included in the package) everything worked fine.
However a formatting of the two additional Fuji DC2120 (60MB) tapes
seemed to be impossible. Either the servo-writing failed or the
subsequent formatting. I tried harder by erasing
(with the EZTAPE software), bulk erasing, retensioning and so on...
At last I could manage to format one of the two Fuji tapes and only
had two bad blocks out of about 60 million blocks. I still try
to format the second one. Is it normal? Has anybody made similar
experience? What would You recommend?


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