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From: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Tape Backup on Floppy Controller - HELP!
Message-ID: <335@consult.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 91 13:19:58 GMT
References: <12474@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Reply-To: bob@consult.UUCP (Bob Willey)
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In article <@helios.TAMU.EDU> mc@aim1.tamu.edu (MARK CHRISTOPHER LOWE) writes:
>I have acquired a CMS tape backup with some extremely shoddy installation
>documentation.  This unit is meant to run off the floppy controller.  It
>The question is... how do you get it to work with two floppies installed.
>The documentation acts like you only could be expected to have ONE WHOLE
>FLOPPY on your system.  They go so far as to have the tape drive use the
>an IDE/floppy adapter.  If anyone can help, PLEASE let me know.  I will

Yes the CMS 60 works on the floppy controller of an IDE unit with only one
floppy.  The limitation is NOT with the tape drive but rather your controller.
It can only support two floppies.

Option 1:  Get an IDE controller that can support more than two drives.
  We have used the Wonder Systems IDE controller that supports 2 HD &
  4 FDD in any combinations.  Works real nice.
Option 2:  CMS makes several controller units for the CMS 60 that work
  very nicely and give excellent speed results.
  AB10 is the low end adaptor card retail $89.95
  FC-10 is the adaptor which drives the transfer at between 500kb and 1MB
     Retails for $129.95
  TC-15 has data compression built into card and retails $ 299.95

Hope this helps.

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