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From: gil@nynexdpi.com (Gil Kloepfer Jr)
Subject: Wangtek 5099EW Tape Drive Question
Message-ID: <1993Oct20.125241.723@nuchat.sccsi.com>
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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1993 12:52:41 GMT
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I am trying to use my Wangtek 5099EW (60MB) tape drive with 386BSD (latest
patchlevel, as far as I know). The hardware works flawlessly under MSDOS,
and worked pretty well under System V release 3.2 (Interactive's port).
This drive doesn't work properly under 386BSD. I can read tapes from
other systems OK (but with extremely poor streaming), but cannot write
tapes reliably (if at all) from 386BSD.
The controller has RAM, jumpers, and a mysterious set of DIP switches
which I have no documentation for. I suspect that the controller RAM
may be too small, the switches set wrong, or both, for use with 386BSD.
My tape controller is an Everex Systems EV-831 revision F with D.05A
firmware, and what looks like a 2K RAM (2016-family) chip (the socket
looks like it could hold a larger (4K?) static RAM chip).
If anyone out there has the docs for this controller board that they
could FAX to me, please drop me some e-mail as soon as possible. I
am looking to upgrade to FreeBSD soon, and I'm trying to determine whether
I need to take my tape drive to work so I can write a distribution tape
under MSDOS, or if I can use our RS6000 to write a 60MB tar tape.
Thanks much for any help!
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Gil Kloepfer, UNIX System Administrator Work: gil@nynexdpi.com
NYNEX DPI Company Home: gil@limbic.ssdl.com
Sugar Land, TX Phone: (713) 274-9365