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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Backup software for CMS Jumbo 250?
- Message-ID: <BtxI78.Hy9@animal.gcs.co.nz>
- From: lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu)
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 02:13:51 GMT
- References: <BtoC5B.668@animal.gcs.co.nz> <1992Aug31.193904.11225@col.hp.com>
- Organization: GCS Limited, Wellington, New Zealand
- Lines: 26
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- In article <1992Aug31.193904.11225@col.hp.com> jjh@col.hp.com (Jeff Haeffele-x3570) writes:
- >lchiu@animal.gcs.co.nz (Laurence Chiu) writes:
- >>
- >> Chaning the subject a bit, I have a CMS 250 which is only a few months old
- >> and is now giving me problems. It says all tapes are unformatted and when I
- >> try to format it says Error 99 (24) (I can't find subcode 24 anywhere in
- >> the manual). I have done the obvious like reseating all the cables,
- >> cleaned the tape heads with isopropyl alchohol but have not blasted air
- >> on the light sensors yet (can't find a can anywhere locally). Anybody have
- >> any ideas before I try to return to CMS.
- >> Thanks
- >>
- >> Laurence Chiu
- >
- >I had a similar problem with my CMS 250 and tracked it down
- >to a dma conflict with a sound board I had added.
- >
- >Hope this helps.
- >
- >Jeff
-
- Alas there were not changes to the system between the drives working and
- failure. It has been diagnosed as a drive failure by CMS - back to the shop!
-
- Laurence Chiu
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