What's the symptom and what's the interface... Pertec? What are they hooked up to? I seem to remember these on Vaxes back in the old days and they would run parts of the DEC diags and the OS was a good test. Bill On 5/17/06, Witchy <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:

On bitsavers in /pdf/kennedy is the 9600 maintenance manual, but you probably donwloaded that already ... - henk. ________________________________ Van: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org namens Adrian Graham Verzonden: wo 17-05-2006 20:21 Aan: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Onderwerp: Re: Kennedy 96xx tape drives Varying things from not loading tapes to SCSI I/O errors. The interfaces are 8 bit SCSI, 50 pin centronics. The one we picked up this morning was showing I/O errors when powered by SUSE Linux 8.1 with either an Adaptec 2940 or 39160, one last week had severe smoke damage on the servo pre-amp board but no matching collateral damage on the board it's fastened to! The week before we had one with the analogue board not giving the pre-req 3V on each of the channels. Problem is, we've only got half a service manual with additions of various bits of paper over the years for running diags/calibration etc but with no explanation as to why things are done the way they are, just button presses. I can plug them into pretty much anything from pc to Mac to SUN to VAX to Alpha. Cheers :) On 17/5/06 13:04, "Bill Pechter" <pechter at gmail.com> wrote: -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection? This message and attachment(s) are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or agent thereof responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone and with a "reply" message. Thank you for your cooperation.