PC6386 Tape Drives

[andrew.d.hay]

In article <2507 at antique.UUCP> ees at antique.UUCP (Gene Sampieri) writes:
"I would like to add a tape drive to several PC6386 machines.  I would
"really like to use the 40 meg type that use the floppy controller as in
"some of the machines I am limited to board space.  Are there any other
"drives besides the ATT units?

yes, lots.  (i am assuming you want a qic-40 std. drive)

the cheapest i found (& recommended by our comp. ctr.) was the colorado memory
systems 'jumbo', $300.

"Second question;  will the 40 meg unit work with UNIX??

yes & no.  there are no unix drivers available yet, but there *are* *xenix*
drivers, and unix 3.2 is supposed to be src compatible with xenix, so
perhaps some nice manufacturer will recompile for us. (;^>)

if i could find the qic-40 command set, i might try my hand at hacking up
a driver.  can anyone out there help me?

"I have calls into the AT&T Hotline, AT&T Product Center and Archive, so
"far no one has been able to answer my questions or even return my calls.

my experience with at&t has been largely the luck of the draw.
sometimes you get someone helpful, sometimes not.

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