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- From: james@george.UUCP (james shoemaker)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.unix.aix
- Subject: Re: Tandberg SCSI drive on PC?
- Message-ID: <s2VwXB1w165w@george.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 20:42:39 CST
- References: <1993Jan12.193258.20417@src4src.linet.org>
- Organization: Organization for creative time-wasting
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- zaphod@src4src.linet.org (Steve Wechsler) writes:
-
- >
- > Hi, netfolks...
- >
- > I recently came across a source of some Tandberg TD-360 (or TC-3600,
- > or something like that) tape drives at a decent price ($100). They
- > are bare, no instructions, no software, no cables. They look exactly
- > like the tape drive otherwise known as the 7207-001 in the RS/6000
- > world (sans external case), which is a half-height, 150mb, QIC-150
- > SCSI drive. A label on the drive says "Made by Tandberg for IBM".
- >
- > Does anyone know if it is possible to use this drive on a PC clone
- > running Unix (Linux, probably, but possibly Interactive SVR3.2)? Are
- > drivers available, and does it use standard cabling? I didn't notice
- > if it has a SCSI address selector (my RS/6000's 7207-001 has a
- > selector on the back of its case, which obviously isn't part of the
- > drive itself). Or do SCSI tape drives all conform to the same
- > standard (yeah, right :-)?
-
- I use one of these on my PC and it works just fine. I use it
- under DOS and OS/2 with GTAR. My SCSI card is a 1542b, but I have also
- used it with an always IN-2000.
-
- JWS
-