10 Jul
2001
10 Jul
'01
7:42 a.m.
There were some odd variations in the power plugs in the TZ87.
The model intended for use in the warm swap SCSI Storageworks Building
Block had a main logic board with a standard 50 pin SCSI connector and a
non standard many-pinned power input.
In comparison, the tabletop version had a main logic board with the
standard 50 pin SCSI connector and a standard four pin D power plug or the
5 pin DSSI.
Later DEC badged DLT drives I have seen had both D style and many pinned
SBB power inputs on the one main logic board so the unit could be used in
either scenario. It made me wonder why they had separate boards in the
first place since it seemed to make things needlessly complicated.
Paul
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
I'm pretty familiar with DLT drives. I've
also got a DLT4000 and have
worked with TZ86, TZ87, TZ88, and TZ89 drives. All of them have standard
50-pin SCSI connectors on the main logic board.
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