Sun 4 9 track tapedrive

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Sun Jul 18 14:40:24 1999

On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, wanderer wrote:
>I can get a 9 track tapeunit which is connected to a Sun 4 processor
>box. From the unit go 4 cables to the CPU box, and I would like to know
>what kind of interface is used here?

  These would normally go to a Xylogics 472 tape controller. For a Sun4, that
controller would be mounted in a Multibus<->VMEbus adapter frame.

  The Ciprico Tapemaster controller has also been used in a similar
configuration, but they're much less common in the newer Sun4 systems.


                 -Dave McGuire
Received on Sun Jul 18 1999 - 14:40:24 BST