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From: collier@triton.unm.edu (Michael Collier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: problem with 8mm DAT
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Date: 8 Nov 90 23:21:20 GMT
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In article <1990Nov7.055130.8585@ariel.unm.edu> collier@triton.unm.edu (Michael Collier) writes:
>we have a Mountain Computer Inc. "FileSafe 2100-D" 2048 Mb 8mm DAT
>drive, as distributed by DEC. it is daisy-chained off of a Decstation
>3100 as a SCSI device.

a followup: problem solved. i had several responses indicating this device
works fine on Decstation 5000 class machines. no one seems to use it on 3100s.
just as well: they don't work on 3100s. we switched ours to a 5000, and
everything is ok now. thanks for all the help.

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