On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
WORM Drive of
some type (SCSI)
What size?
5.25ish"
QIC-150 tape
drive (SCSI)
What brand/model?
It's pretty generic. The only reason I know it's QIC-150 is because
someone made a lable and stuck it to the drive.
Iomega made a 100MB and 250MB zip drive, as well as a
1GB and 2GB Jaz
drive. The 250MB zip drive can read 100MB disks, but can't format them.
Yes, I have a 250 in my main PC that came with it new (from Dell <spit>).
Same situation for the 2GB and 1GB Jaz drives. The Jaz
drive is only
I'll need a 2GB Jaz then. Should be starting to see them for pennies in a
couple years so no rush.
Not all brands of drives use the same cable, there are
about half a dozen
different cables out there for these drives. You can't connect more than
one floppy tape drive to the floppy interface at the same time. They will
conflict with each other if you do.
Only if they are being used simultaneously, no?
I guess what I
really want to know is if the various tape drives from
different manufacturers for a certain specification, say QIC-40/80,
read and write the same low- or high-level format. So for instance,
if I create a tape on a Colorado drive and stick it into a Conner
drive, will the Conner be able to read it?
Not always. Many manufacturers used their own formats, especially for the
40MB tapes.
Wonderful.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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