raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann) (12/26/88)
Background: Compaq 386 25 Mhz, Xenix 2.2.3, Adaptec ACB-2322 disk controller, Miniscribe 320Mb disk-drive, Wangtek tape drive connected to a Bell Technologies tape controller and the XTC driver. Problem: tape drive does not respond properly in Xenix and DOS modes - obviously there is address/interrupt/DMA conflicts (A/D/I). This problem started as soon as I installed the new Adaptec controller and disk drive. According to documentation, there should be no A/D/I conflict with the current dip switches setting. I can not change the A/D/I on the tape controller as the xenix driver works with only one set of A/D/I. I tried all the dip switches combination on the Adaptec and no results. The two companies involved finger- point at each other. Any ideas? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron Herrmann (jkfmny!ron, ron@jkfmny.UUCP raanan@bklyncis.BITNET)
wain@seacbc.UUCP (Wain Dobson) (12/28/88)
In article <1330@bc-cis.UUCP> raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann) writes: > >Background: Compaq 386 25 Mhz, Xenix 2.2.3, Adaptec ACB-2322 disk controller, >Miniscribe 320Mb disk-drive, Wangtek tape drive connected to a Bell >Technologies tape controller and the XTC driver. > >Problem: tape drive does not respond properly in Xenix and DOS modes - >obviously there is address/interrupt/DMA conflicts (A/D/I). What I cannot figure out is how you got the Wangtek, Bell Tech Controller, and XTC driver to work. I have tried the combination under Bell Tech, first release; Microport V/386 (last two versions), SCO 2.1.1 and 2.1.3 /286, SCO 2.2.2 /386. All that I got was a long long wait while backing up. This has been with a variety of controllers and drives. -- Wain Dobson ...!{uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!tessera!seacbc!wain