nduong@rhea.trl.oz.au (Nguyen Duong - Integrated Communication Services) (12/28/89)
Can somebody tell me how to add a Wangtek tape to AT&T 3.2.1? The manuals seem to suggest that support for that device is built in. However a search through the /dev directory shows that the device special files are not there. The command tapecntl (referred to in the User's/System administrator's reference manual) is nowhere to be found. If I have to mknod then what are the major and minor device number that I have to use? Do I have to rebuild the kernel? How do I tell the system of the irq for the tape drive? Please post or email to nduong@rhea.trl.oz.au Thanks N.Duong, Telecom Research Labs.
randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) (12/29/89)
In article <891@trlluna.trl.oz> nduong@rhea.trl.oz.au (Nguyen Duong - Integrated Communication Services) writes: > >Can somebody tell me how to add a Wangtek tape to AT&T 3.2.1? The manuals >seem to suggest that support for that device is built in. However a search >through the /dev directory shows that the device special files are not >there. >N.Duong, >Telecom Research Labs. Unlike other 386 UNIXs, AT&T requires you to purchase as a seperate product everything you need to use the system. One of those is the "Cartridge Tape Utilities". Now, another nice thing is that the driver only supports AT&T's version of the Wangtek controller. Same with mice. You need to buy the mouse driver disk, and it only supports AT&T's 3 button bus mouse (actually, a Logitech mouse). I have used the wt drivers from i386 to run a generic Wantek tape drive under AT&T, but it is not fun. Switching to i386 was well worth the expense. -randy -- Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us
plocher@sally.Sun.COM (John Plocher) (01/07/90)
+-- In <1989Dec28.173900.6240@chinet.chi.il.us> Randy Suess writes | Unlike other 386 UNIXs, AT&T requires you to purchase as a | seperate product everything you need to use the system. | One of those is the "Cartridge Tape Utilities". Now, another | nice thing is that the driver only supports AT&T's version of | the Wangtek controller. Same with mice. You need to buy +-- Sorry Randy, the ATT "versions" of the mouse and the tape controller are the same as the retail versions sans ATT labels. The Tape driver works well with the Bell Tech, Wangtek, and Everex tape drives; the Bus mouse driver works well with the Logitech hardware. There are no "Bell Tech - like gotcha's" in the ATT code. Yes, they distribute the drivers with the hardware, but the disks can be ordered seperately. -John Plocher