17 Jun
2002
17 Jun
'02
4:22 p.m.
At 10:52 PM 6/16/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>
>Anyway, I thought since my PC's host ID is 7, I could connect my SCSI
>tape drive to both systems. So I ran a cable from one connector on the
>back to my PC, and a cable from the other connector to my MV3100. I
>figure it's a properly terminated chain, as each host controller is
>terminated (I know the PC is, I assume the MV3100 is).
>
>It *seems* to work OK. But can anyone tell me for sure if this is
>"legal"? I'm sure I'm looking for trouble if I try to use the same
tape
>drive from both systems at the same time
We used to share a SCSI 9-track tape between our two MicroVAXen,
it worked fine for the most part. It was differential SCSI, I expect that
was because the cables were pretty long.
GZ