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From: raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Adaptec controller and Tape backup
Message-ID: <1330@bc-cis.UUCP>
Date: 26 Dec 88 01:37:49 GMT
Reply-To: raanan@bc-cis.UUCP (Raanan Herrmann)
Organization: Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
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Background: Compaq 386 25 Mhz, Xenix 2.2.3, Adaptec ACB-2322 disk controller,
Miniscribe 320Mb disk-drive, Wangtek tape drive connected to a Bell 
Technologies tape controller and the XTC driver.

Problem: tape drive does not respond properly in Xenix and DOS modes - 
obviously there is address/interrupt/DMA conflicts (A/D/I). This problem 
started as soon as I installed the new Adaptec controller and disk drive. 
According to documentation, there should be no A/D/I conflict with the current 
dip switches setting. I can not change the A/D/I on the tape controller as the 
xenix driver works with only one set of A/D/I. I tried all the dip switches
combination on the Adaptec and no results. The two companies involved finger-
point at each other. Any ideas?


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Ron Herrmann  (jkfmny!ron, ron@jkfmny.UUCP raanan@bklyncis.BITNET)