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From: root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: QIC tape drive
Summary: Possible problem with Wangtek Tape controller on 10 MHz bus
Message-ID: <10425@conexch.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 88 12:39:03 GMT
References: <1073@statware.UUCP> <228@ispi.UUCP>
Reply-To: root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera)
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In article <228@ispi.UUCP> jbayer@ispi.UUCP (id for use with uunet/usenet) writes:
>In article <1073@statware.UUCP>, scf@statware.UUCP (Steve Fullerton) writes:
>> Is anyone using a QIC tape drive on a 20Mhz XENIX 386 system
>> (QIC24 format)? We are looking for a tape drive that uses a format
>
>We have been using Everex tape drives on our systems for a while now with
>no problems.  They come in either 60 or 125 Meg drives.  We have them
>set up as a type W, int=5, dma=1, base=0300.  The only glitch we ever

I have seen situations where the Wangtek controller will not run on 20MHz
systems that run the bus at 10MHz.  There can be problems with the "short
card" Archive controller in these systems too, but the "long card" archive
controller and FastTape drive work reliably.  Archive is one of the 
tape systems SCO supports, so installation is a snap.  

Larry Dighera

Disclaimer:
	I am biased toward the Archive system.  It has always worked 
	reliably for me, and I market the 60 MB Archive external tape 
	systems for $660.


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