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From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Installation of Wangtek tape drive for AT&T 3.2.1 Unix
Keywords: tape drive, AT&T 3.3.1
Message-ID: <1989Dec28.173900.6240@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 28 Dec 89 17:39:00 GMT
References: <891@trlluna.trl.oz>
Reply-To: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <891@trlluna.trl.oz> nduong@rhea.trl.oz.au (Nguyen Duong - Integrated Communication Services) writes:
>
>Can somebody tell me how to add a Wangtek tape to AT&T 3.2.1? The manuals
>seem to suggest that support for that device is built in. However a search
>through the /dev directory shows that the device special files are not 
>there. 
>N.Duong,
>Telecom Research Labs.

	Unlike other 386 UNIXs, AT&T requires you to purchase as a 
	seperate product everything you need to use the system.
	One of those is the "Cartridge Tape Utilities".  Now, another
	nice thing is that the driver only supports AT&T's version of
	the Wangtek controller.  Same with mice.  You need to buy
	the mouse driver disk, and it only supports AT&T's 3 button
	bus mouse (actually, a Logitech mouse).
	I have used the wt drivers from i386 to run a generic Wantek
	tape drive under AT&T, but it is not fun.

	Switching to i386 was well worth the expense.

	-randy


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Randy Suess
randy@chinet.chi.il.us