tomasz@sun10.cs.fit.edu (Thomas Maliszewski) (05/25/91)
Hi! I have HP9000/370 and a 7030E - an old HP tape drive. I would like to make this configuration work together, however HP rep told me that the only person that has got this configuration to work was someone who got the code for device driver from a UNIX interest group on the net. If you know where I could get the ssource code, or how to obtain the info on where to get it, please let me know. Thanks in advance! Tom -- ___________ _____________________ ___________ Thomas /__v-----v__\ | %%%| /__v-----v__\ Maliszewski / (407) \ | tomasz@cs.fit.edu | / (407) \ Home Phone ->|_9523991_| |_____________________| |_8458455_|<- Work Phone
rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (05/28/91)
re: > tomasz@sun10.cs.fit.edu (Thomas Maliszewski) writes... > I have HP9000/370 and a 7030E - an old HP tape drive. I would like to > make this configuration work together, however HP rep told me that the > only person that has got this configuration to work was someone who got > the code for device driver from a UNIX interest group on the net. If you > know where I could get the ssource code, or how to obtain the info on > where to get it, please let me know. <generic answer mode on> 7971A tape drives with HP-IB interfaces, and late-model 7970E drives with HP-IB interfaces >>MAY<< work on Series 300/400 HP-UX 5.0 or later. The needed software drivers are standard in HP-UX, although not advertised, because neither the 7970E nor 7971A were officially supported. DMA is required (if you have a Model 310 or 320). Any available HP-IB interface will do, standard or high-speed. The 320 built-in and 98624A plug-in lack interrupt-on-PPOLL-response, and may result in tape thrashing on small record sizes. The (obsolete) 98625A is not recommended, but shouldn't cause any additional problems for the 797x if you already have it working with some other peripheral(s). Set the UNIT address to 0. Set the HP-IB bus address as desired (range 0-7; avoid existing device addresses and the controller address). Driver required is "tape" (and perhaps also "98625" and "amigo") Block-mode major number <none> Character-mode major number 5 Driver Minor Number: Bits 23-16 15-8 7-6 5-4 3 2 1 0 Fields Select HP-IB Tape Unit EOT Not EOR/EOF Close Code Addr. Dens. Number Seman. Used Seman. Semantics Values 07 to 00 to 01 00 to 0=Ind. 0 0=AT&T 0=Rewind (binhex)1F 07 11 1=HP-UX 1=BSD 1=NOP 2.0 'sam'(1m) does not seem to know about tapes, other than to reconfigure the kernel to include the drivers, so you'll need to use 'mknod'(1m) to create the device files. If you have the old 98561-90020 Series 300 Configuration Reference Manual, be advised that the minor number table is incorrect. Use the one above (and mark-up the manual page). I have used both 7970E and 7971A drives on Series 300 HP-UX. Early models of 7970E may not function. Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob Niland Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road UUCP: [hplabs|hpfcse]!hpfcrjn!rjn Ft Collins CO 80525-9599 This response does not represent the official position of, or statement by, the Hewlett-Packard Company. The above data is provided for informational purposes only. It is supplied without warranty of any kind.