root@sgzh.uucp (Bruno Pape) (09/25/90)
Hello again everyone, Today I would like to move a Cipher M890 or M891 1/2 inch magnetic tape drive with a Pertec interface from an IRIS 3130 to a PI. The first problem is that the VME connectors on the 3000 seem to be different than on the PI. The next one I can only guess would be a driver problem? Can anyone help me out? Would the Xylogics 772 1/2 mag tape controller work with that drive? Should I just chuck it out the window and by a new SCSI drive? Thanks in advance, Bruno
markb@mark.Solbourne.COM (Mark Bradley) (09/27/90)
In article <1990Sep25.160807.6878@sgzh.uucp> root%sgzh.uucp@uunet.uu.net (Bruno Pape) writes: >Hello again everyone, > >Today I would like to move a Cipher M890 or M891 1/2 inch magnetic >tape drive with a Pertec interface from an IRIS 3130 to a PI. > >The first problem is that the VME connectors on the 3000 seem to be >different than on the PI. That's because the VME connectors on the 3000 are not VME connectors. They're Multibus connectors. >The next one I can only guess would be a >driver problem? No. You need the 772. It runs this drive just fine. > >Can anyone help me out? Would the Xylogics 772 1/2 mag tape controller >work with that drive? Should I just chuck it out the window and by a >new SCSI drive? Not if the old one still works... Check the cost of a 772 vs. the SCSI 1/2 inch drive, tho. It may be close to a `wash'. > >Thanks in advance, > >Bruno markb -- Mark Bradley (DoD#1100) Faster, faster, until the thrill I/O Subsystems of speed overcomes the fear of death. Solbourne Computer, Inc. --Hunter S. Thompson