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- From: ouwendyk@prso.pttnwb.nl (A.P.J. Ouwendijk)
- Subject: Re: DAT problems with 9000/400
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.121822.9750@pttdis.pttnwb.nl>
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- References: <HM78907.92Aug17135728@korppi.cs.tut.fi>
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 12:18:22 GMT
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- In article <HM78907.92Aug17135728@korppi.cs.tut.fi>, hm78907@cs.tut.fi (Hannu Mikkola) writes:
- |>
- |> I'd need a working driver for HP DAT drive 1521B for 9000/400 series
- |> running HP-UX 8.0.
- |>
- |> It should operate as the 700 series driver does, to be able to switch
- |> between compression and non-compression modes.
-
- From the Users Manual of the C1521B DAT drive (part no C1520-90901)
- page 6-4:
-
- Note: The HP 9000 series 300 and 400 currently only support the Model 2000
-
- That means (IMHO) the 2000DC is not supported for series 400. So your
- DAT drive is just an expensive scsi terminator ;-)
-
- |> The local HP salespeople promised a support for this drive model in
- |> 400 series when the system was bought but couldn't offer a solution
- |> when the driver didn't work.
- |> They only promised a (possible) fix in
- |> HP-UX 9.0. Understandably we rather don't want to wait that long, so
- |> if anybody has found an (unofficial?) patch or solution please let me
- |> know!
- |>
- |> - hannu
-
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