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Article #79track 1/2" tape drives
From: Robert B. Tate
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:28
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:28
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I picked up a reel-to-reel 1/2", 9 track tape deck and the interface to a
IBM 8 bit bus slot at a auction this last weekend. Its a Wangco Mod 10,
NRZI drive (HEAVY!). Its in very clean/good shape and came with PC-DOS
software (which I haven't had time to try yet). It was packaged by
Electrovalue Industrial, Inc. sometime around 1985-90. Does anyone know
anything about this Co. and/or this package? I would like to run it under
ISC V3.2 r3.0 (and the new one when it comes out?).
Along the same lines, I have a Cipher (F880?) 1/2", 9 track tape drive
that I could use also. Is there an interface converter to let it run on a
SCSI bus (Adaptec 1540B) or would it be better to try to find direct
interface to it like the above drive?
My stats:
ISC V3.2 r 3.0, 486/33 NoName, w/16meg mem, DPT ESDI controller
running 2 330Meg ESDI drives, Archive 499 (60meg QIC).
Any pointers and/or info will be of great interest.
--
rbt@tous.OAU.ORG (Robert B. Tate) | A little knowledge is a dangerous
{ucf-cs,peora,tarpit}!tous!rbt | thing. Any less can kill you.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv286 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!peora!tarpit!tous!rbt From: rbt@tous.oau.org (Robert B. Tate) Subject: 9track 1/2" tape drives Message-ID: <1992Aug30.232841.10781@tous.oau.org> Summary: any ideas? Sender: rbt@tous.oau.org Organization: Tate Enterprises Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:28:41 GMT Lines: 24