Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!drivax!braun From: braun@drivax.UUCP (Kral) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Any one seen or heard of DEC's 4mm DAT drive? Keywords: DEC, DAT, 4mm, tape Message-ID: Date: 10 Aug 90 14:41:58 GMT References: <649@mjbtn.JOBSOFT.COM> Distribution: comp Organization: Digital Research, Inc. Lines: 22 In article <649@mjbtn.JOBSOFT.COM> root@mjbtn.JOBSOFT.COM (Mark J. Bailey) writes: >They also had a bad experience with Inbound SCSI >harddisk drives not talking DEC SCSI (this was on a DecStation 3100) >and I think another 3rd party 4mm SCSI drive as well. I'm not sure what Mark means by 'inbound SCSI harddisk drives', but I have this comment to offer: we purchased an MV3100 (Ultrix 3.x) and a pair of Fuji M22633s 665 MB drives. It turns out there is a cacheing problem in the disk firmware that results in disk corruption. This is known by DEC (in Santa Clara, at least) and Fujitsu to corrupt data in a VMS environment. We have had just enough problems getting our Ultrix system up to believe we have the same problem. This makes me wonder if DEC has changed something in their SCSI interface... -- kral * 408/647-6112 * {uunet|amdahl}!drivax!braun * braun%drivax@uunet.uu.net The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..." -- Isaac Asimov [Friends don't let friends use DOS]