Tape cartridge hung

[Chris Lewis]

In article <90206.103115UH2 at psuvm.psu.edu> UH2 at psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes:
> We are having a problem where a
>    tar cv dirname
> commands "seems" to start working, but then freezes up.
> Details:  SCO Unix 3.2 on Compaq 386/33 with Compaq 150/250 drive.

Is that a tape drive?  Early Wangtek 60Mb streamers had some sort of
bug in the controller that caused them to hang when used with UNIX
or Xenix.  Wangtek was shipping 150's for a while for no extra charge.
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Chris Lewis, Elegant Communications Inc, {uunet!attcan,utzoo}!lsuc!eci386!clewis
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