Thanks -dq
that's one usefull site!
http://www.eztechstuff.com/archives/th99/
I found a reference to the 8 switches on the underside of the tape drive
eventually on HP site at :
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=lpg5…
8&locale=en_US&taskId=8415&taskName=discover+%26+use+your+product&prodSeriesId
=63914&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesName=hp+35470a+dds-1+drive&docId=41335
great URL huh?
However, it transpires that the uVAX3100/10e I'm playing with has an flakey
external SCSI bus ; put the devices on the internal bus & they're a lot
happier.
ta,
greg