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Article #1380Re: Exabyte 8500 tape drive
From: Dave Olson
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 05:04
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 05:04
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In <1764@airgun.wg.waii.com> denham@hmsp04.wg3.waii.com (Scott Denham X7117) writes:
| I was told both by our in house technicians and someone who works on 8500's
| for a living that there is no such jumper. I also have the preliminary
| user's manual for the 8500 (pub 510201-000) and it makes no mention of
| such a jumper. The information on mode select implies but does not
| explicitly state that the mode can only be set with the SCSI MODE SELECT
| command.
The defaults for almost everything the 8500 can do can be set
through the monitor port on the back of the drive. Exabyte is
pretty free about giving out a binary that runs on PC's to set
these values. Some of the parameters are reflected in the reported
inquiry info. Contact Exabyte for more info.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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