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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: Exabyte 8500 tape drive
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <2B4B2A30.13984@news.service.uci.edu> <1764@airgun.wg.waii.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 05:04:12 GMT
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- In <1764@airgun.wg.waii.com> denham@hmsp04.wg3.waii.com (Scott Denham X7117) writes:
- | I was told both by our in house technicians and someone who works on 8500's
- | for a living that there is no such jumper. I also have the preliminary
- | user's manual for the 8500 (pub 510201-000) and it makes no mention of
- | such a jumper. The information on mode select implies but does not
- | explicitly state that the mode can only be set with the SCSI MODE SELECT
- | command.
-
- The defaults for almost everything the 8500 can do can be set
- through the monitor port on the back of the drive. Exabyte is
- pretty free about giving out a binary that runs on PC's to set
- these values. Some of the parameters are reflected in the reported
- inquiry info. Contact Exabyte for more info.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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