24 Jan
2004
24 Jan
'04
3:43 p.m.
Hi,
I came across the IEM 4430 4mm tape drive. This contains an HP DAT
1Gbyte SCSI tape drive and a conversion board that includes the external
HP-IB connector, the internal SCSI connector for the tape drive
and a connector for the operator panel.
The main PCB has 8 dip switches accessible from the back of the machine
and a couple of jumpers all over the place.
I figured out that three of the DIP switches are for HP-IB addressing,
but I wonder whether anybody has any info on that tape drive.
Specifically I wonder whether some switch combination can make the 4430
pretend to be some HP drive, so that it can be recognized by software
expecting a QIC-style tape drive.
Thanks
**vp