Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!chinacat!chip From: chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Help on tape drive interoperability/reliability Message-ID: <1714@chinacat.Unicom.COM> Date: 22 Nov 90 16:53:55 GMT References: <1990Nov20.000121.23207@ico.isc.com> <1712@chinacat.Unicom.COM> <1990Nov22.090941.7209@jadpc.cts.com> Organization: Unicom Systems Development, Austin, TX Lines: 13 In article <1990Nov22.090941.7209@jadpc.cts.com> jdeitch@jadpc.cts.com (Jim Deitch) writes: >In article <1712@chinacat.Unicom.COM> chip@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Chip Rosenthal) writes: >>there was a PAL which prevented the adapters and drives from being >>interchanged. >I don't think the security pal has to do with drive swaps. You are absolutely correct - my memory has been restored. The issue was controller/driver compatibility, not controller/drive compatibility. -- Chip Rosenthal 512-482-8260 | We was raising insurance premiums, ma. Unicom Systems Development | We was spreading fear of arson. | - Michelle Shocked