davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen) (07/26/89)
I have several Bell Tech tape subsystems which I would like to use with
Xenix/386. BT told me they would work with the Xenix drivers, but I
can't get the driver to find the controller. I've talked to Bell Tech
who sold it, and SCO without solid results. Everyone says it will work
but... it doesn't.
The units work with Xenix/286 and the BT drivers. I assume that the
hardware is still good. Then I jumpered the drive select from 3 to 1 on
the (Wangtek) drive. Both SCO and BT agree on the switch settings, and
that's the way the controllers are shipped.
Has anyone used the Everex EV 811 RevB controller, and will it work
with the Xenix drivers? The supported configurations don't seem to be in
HW anymore, and the release notes are packed. There is a BT part on the
controller which supposedly makes it work with their drivers. Does it
also break the controller for standard drivers (not a friendly thing to
do). Does someone have a good supplier for either the part or the whole
controller? I have Archive SC499 controllers which work, but the cable
connections are all diferent and would have to be rewired.
bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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