Re: Using 386i expansion box on 3/60

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From: Glenn Roberts
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 06:15

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> A friend has one of those 386i expansion boxes with a 1/4" cartridge
> tape in it and asks if it can be hooked up to, eg, a Sun3/60,
> preferably leaving it in the original box

I don't know about this but I did just the opposite (hooked the 141 Meg
SCSI shoebox from my 3/60 onto my 386i) and the tape unit worked just fine
(this is a good trick for loading software off a 1/4" tape when you don't
have one on our 386i).  I didn't try to access the disk, just the tape.

- Glenn Roberts, The MITRE Corp., McLean VA (703) 883-6820
  gfr@cobra.mitre.org

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