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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!peora!tarpit!tous!rbt
- From: rbt@tous.oau.org (Robert B. Tate)
- Subject: Re: 9track 1/2" tape drives
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.013436.6127@tous.oau.org>
- Organization: Tate Enterprises
- References: <1992Aug30.232841.10781@tous.oau.org> <1992Aug30.233443.10923@tous.oau.org> <17seloINNk6i@smaug.West.Sun.COM>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 01:34:36 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <17seloINNk6i@smaug.West.Sun.COM> jackn@caspianc.ism.isc.com (Jack Neman) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug30.233443.10923@tous.oau.org> rbt@tous.oau.org (Robert B. Tate) writes:
- [.....]
- >>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.
- >
- The Cipher F880 is not a scsi drive. It will need an adaptor of somesort
- to go between the Adaptec and the drive to make it work. It is good to
- know that ISC is looking to support some 1/2" drives though....
-
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- rbt@tous.OAU.ORG (Robert B. Tate) | A little knowledge is a dangerous
- {ucf-cs,peora,tarpit}!tous!rbt | thing. Any less can kill you.
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