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In article <823437449snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
           David@longley.demon.co.uk "David Longley" writes:

> I  have a couple of Tecmar tape drives and controllers. One is  a 
> Tecmar QT60i (Tape drive is a Wangtek 5125EN) and the other is  a 
> Tecmar QT125e. I assume the i and e reflect internal and external 
> models but was somewhat thrown by the 5125EN model of the drive.
> 
> My  problem  is with the controllers. One is full length  with  a 
> Wangtek  Assembly  number but Tecmar ROM, the other  is  a  small 
> quarter length card, labelled HOST ADAPTER 938469 REV C.
> 
> It has 4 blocks of jumpers
> 
> J3 IIII                J1 III
> 
> J4 IIIIII              J2 III
> 
> I  suspect  J1 and J2 are DMA/DRQ 1-3 and J4 is IRQ.  That  would 
> suggest  that  J3 is a 16 bit I/O. At present pins 3  and  4  are 
> jumpered, but without a manual...
> 
> I  could do with a manual for the Tecmar QT60i and QT125e  drives 
> and the controllers. Can anyone help?
> 
> -- 
> David Longley
> 
OK, jumpers now make sense, QT software explains them in the HELP 
script. Still, problem is that the QT60i and QT125e drives  don't 
seem  to work with the Wangtek full length card. Is that the  PC-
36? What's the Tecmar 1/3 length card known as (it's not the  PC-
02 as I have one of those).

Finally,  a  rhetorical question: why are different  tape  backup 
software  packages incompatible? Was there no  standard?  SYPLUS, 
QT, ARCSOLO all seem to store data in their own ways.
-- 
David Longley