9track 1/2" tape drives

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1 total messages Started by Robert B. Tate Sun, 30 Aug 1992 23:28

Author: Robert B. Tate
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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