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- From: jackn@caspianc.ism.isc.com (Jack Neman)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: 9track 1/2" tape drives
- Date: 31 Aug 1992 06:36:40 GMT
- Organization: SunSoft Inc., Los Angeles, Ca.
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- References: <1992Aug30.232841.10781@tous.oau.org> <1992Aug30.233443.10923@tous.oau.org>
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- In article <1992Aug30.233443.10923@tous.oau.org> rbt@tous.oau.org (Robert B. Tate) writes:
- >Sorry, this went to sysv286 the first time. (I don't know how!).
- >
- >I picked up a reel-to-reel 1/2", 9 track tape deck and the interface to a
- >IBM 8 bit bus slot at a auction this last weekend. Its a Wangco Mod 10,
- >NRZI drive (HEAVY!). Its in very clean/good shape and came with PC-DOS
- >software (which I haven't had time to try yet). It was packaged by
- >Electrovalue Industrial, Inc. sometime around 1985-90. Does anyone know
- >anything about this Co. and/or this package? I would like to run it under
- >ISC V3.2 r3.0 (and the new one when it comes out?).
- >
- >Along the same lines, I have a Cipher (F880?) 1/2", 9 track tape drive
- >that I could use also. Is there an interface converter to let it run on a
- >SCSI bus (Adaptec 1540B) or would it be better to try to find direct
- >interface to it like the above drive?
- >
- >My stats:
- > ISC V3.2 r 3.0, 486/33 NoName, w/16meg mem, DPT ESDI controller
- > running 2 330Meg ESDI drives, Archive 499 (60meg QIC).
- >
- >Any pointers and/or info will be of great interest.
- >
-
- Interactive release 3.0.1 now supports HP-Cipher or NCR-Cipher
- 9 track tape drives for Adaptec 1540B. You also can get a patch
- for your release 3.0 to make the HP-Cipher or NCR-Cipher tape
- drive for your Adaptec 1540B. I don't know if Cipher (F880?)
- is the same as NCR-Cipher or HP-Cipher or not.
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