11 Jan
2014
11 Jan
'14
8:35 p.m.
I have a SCSI to Pertec Formatted interface that came off the
back of a Cipher 990 drive. The drive was a horrible piece
of junk, and we chucked it, but I kept the SCSI adapter.
I tried it last year on a CDC Keystone (92185) drive, and
was surprised it seemed to work. I was just trying to
get some tape mapping software running when it
died. The adapter was powered from the reel motor
supply of the drive, so it needs something like 60 V DC,
and has a switching supply built into the board.
Anyway, it now gets a power on self test error and won't
go any further. I do have full schematics for the adapter.
If anyone wants it, it is yours for the shipping.
Jon