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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: tape streamers question
Message-ID: <271@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 88 14:37:38 GMT
References: <1516@bebux.UUCP> <895@starfish.Convergent.COM> <314@belltec.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas
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In article <314@belltec.UUCP> dar@belltec.UUCP (Dimitri Rotow) writes:
 >Almost all streamers use the QIC-36 command interface.  The original QIC-36
 >card was designed by Northern Telecom and put into mass production by Everex
 >in their EV series.  Since then, numerous third parties (Wangtek, etc) are
 >building "PC36" compatible streamer tape controllers.  The tape software
 >most vendors use will work with all such cards (keeping in mind that any
 >given driver is always vulnerable to changes in ROMs, PALS, and other
 >individual design changes).

Would you care to comment on the REASON for the change of PALS on the Bell Tech-
supplied EV-811-B controller, which in effect makes the use of Bell Tech's
System V/AT tape driver impossible with a non-Bell Tech EV-811-B?

 >- dimitri rotow
 >
 >PS - My only regret is that Wangtek doesn't make their 60 MB unit as 
 >a QIC-02.  Nice line of drives, but I wish we could source them all
 >as QIC-02's and be done with the "long card" controllers.

Kennedy makes a QIC-02 version of their 6500 series drives.


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