jayesh@uzi.mit.edu (Jayesh Bellare) (05/07/90)
x How do I hook up a DC600-type tape drive (Archive 5945L-2) and a controller card (SMS SISGEN 4044-1) to run on a '386/20? I bought the drive and the card from a fellow who did not have a cable, so I need a source for a cable (34-pin header to 50-pin card-edge), or, preferably, the pin-outs and the cable configuration so that I can build a suitable cable. Which driver do I need to use this under Esix? Will the Everex QIC-02/36 driver that comes with Esix work? (Is the Archive 5945L-2 an QIC-02 drive? QIC-36? SCSI?) Which driver do I need to use it under MS-DOS? I have SY-TOS/DOS. If the controller card is not appropriate, please recommend another. Please e-mail or post; I will summarize if needed. Thanks! Note: Followups to comp.periphs Jayesh ------------------------ [Sorry if you are seeing this a second time; it was posted to comp.periphs, comp.unix.i368(!), and comp.sys.ibm.pc earlier; I had a typo in the i386.] ------------------------ Details on the hardware: Tape Drive: Archive Corp. Cartridge tape drive Model 5945L-2 LR 56637 Serial No. M523666 with a 50-pin card edge connector that goes to a PCB which also has a 50-pin card edge connector. (I suspect this came out of an Apollo DSPxx. Computer "junkyards" in the greater Boston area seem to be peddling these in quantity.) Tape Controller Card: SMS model SIGEN 4044-1 ASSY 0005431 Rev C 8-bit card. 34-pin header on PCB; 34-pin D-shell connector on bracket. Chips on the PCB: U1: 1002486-B SMSWSQ44 (C) U2: 1002485-B SMSWSQ44 U12: SMS FCC ID FNU47R4044 M00955 U16: 1002484-A Mother board: "COMPEQ" REV 2.1 '386/20 AMI BIOS C&T CS8230 ChipSet SCSI host adapter: Adaptec AHA-1542A Hard Drive: CDC Wren III 94161-155 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jayesh Bellare, M.I.T. 13-5153, 77 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 USA PHONE: (617) 253-6894 or 628-6119 (leave message) FAX: (617)258-7874 E-mail: jayesh@uzi.mit.edu (IP: 18.82.0.28) BITNET:jayesh%uzi@MITVMA ---------------------------------------------------------------------