tape streamers question

[Wolf N. Paul]

In article <314 at belltec.UUCP> dar at belltec.UUCP (Dimitri Rotow) writes:
 >Almost all streamers use the QIC-36 command interface.  The original QIC-36
 >card was designed by Northern Telecom and put into mass production by Everex
 >in their EV series.  Since then, numerous third parties (Wangtek, etc) are
 >building "PC36" compatible streamer tape controllers.  The tape software
 >most vendors use will work with all such cards (keeping in mind that any
 >given driver is always vulnerable to changes in ROMs, PALS, and other
 >individual design changes).

Would you care to comment on the REASON for the change of PALS on the Bell Tech-
supplied EV-811-B controller, which in effect makes the use of Bell Tech's
System V/AT tape driver impossible with a non-Bell Tech EV-811-B?

 >- dimitri rotow
 >
 >PS - My only regret is that Wangtek doesn't make their 60 MB unit as 
 >a QIC-02.  Nice line of drives, but I wish we could source them all
 >as QIC-02's and be done with the "long card" controllers.

Kennedy makes a QIC-02 version of their 6500 series drives.


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