22 May
2002
22 May
'02
2:51 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Lafleur [mailto:bob_lafleur@technologist.com]
I will shortly be receiving a MicroVax 3100/90 and a
TK50Z-GA
tape drive.
Both have SCSI, and I assumed they would work together.
However, I just read
something that seems to imply the TK50Z-GA is "incompatible"
SCSI, and will
Well, I've never heard of anyone getting it to work with anything
else. :) You could try it. It's the one without the ID selector,
right?
I think the ID is fixed, since the other alternative is to pass
it through the cable, and that would be, well, interesting, to
say the least...
only work on the MicroVax 2000. Can anyone confirm
this
either way? If it
will work, what type of SCSI cable will I need - a standard
one, or some
Should be a standard cable.
proprietary one? If it won't work, is there any
way to "fix"
the TK50Z-GA so
that it will? Thanks.
Um, yes, but it will require the internals from a tk50 drive that
will work ;) (Seriously, the drives are all the same, but some of
the logic that's packed in the case with them is different... so
I've heard.)
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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