[alt.msdos.programmer] H*E*L*P M*E*!

bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) (06/27/89)

Somebody out there must have had the problem I'm facing now and be able to
offer me a solution.  I hope...

I have an XT clone which has worked perfectly for several years.  It has a
5.25" floppy A drive, a 3.5" floppy B drive, a Seagate ST-238R 32MB C
drive, and the usual complement of 640K of memory, 2 COM ports, one PRN
port, etc.

Recently, I decided to add the Everex "Excel Floppy Tape" drive.  This is a
1/2 height internal tape drive which can write up to 40MB.

I have a B.S. in Computer Science from M.I.T., and I C*A*N*N*O*T figure out
how to get this *&%$@+ tape drive set up.

I spent $169 on the drive, and another $99 on the "QUOTE UNIVERSAL UNQUOTE"
floppy disk & tape controller from Accelerated Computer Technology.

I have tried literally every combintation of DIP switches, cables, and
configurations possible.

IC*A*N*N*O*T get this tape drive to do A*N*Y*T*H*I*N*G.

Don't you hate it when you spend hundreds of dollars and end up with
nonfunctional shit?

Please, someone, give me a hint how to set this thing up!

Thanks!


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Bob Weissman
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aiko@cs.odu.edu (John K Hayes) (06/28/89)

In article <107@damogran.omni.com> bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) writes:
>
>Recently, I decided to add the Everex "Excel Floppy Tape" drive.  This is a
>1/2 height internal tape drive which can write up to 40MB.
>
>I have a B.S. in Computer Science from M.I.T., and I C*A*N*N*O*T figure out
>how to get this *&%$@+ tape drive set up.
>
>I spent $169 on the drive, and another $99 on the "QUOTE UNIVERSAL UNQUOTE"
>floppy disk & tape controller from Accelerated Computer Technology.
>
>I have tried literally every combintation of DIP switches, cables, and
>configurations possible.
>
>IC*A*N*N*O*T get this tape drive to do A*N*Y*T*H*I*N*G.
>
>
>Please, someone, give me a hint how to set this thing up!
>


    Call the dealer or manufacturer???

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