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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of healyzh_at_aracnet.com
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:02 PM
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Fixing a TK86
Chuck McManis wrote:
> I seem to be in possesion of a "broke" TF86 drive. As far as I can tell
the
> only thing "wrong" with it is that it seems to have unhooked its "tongue"
> (the take up leader) and I've fixed that. Now I was wondering if there
were
I'm guessing that the only thing wrong with the drive was the sucked in
leader. This is a *common* problem with DLT drives (well, it is for us
around here, but considering how many we have).
> any tests I could run on it before I tried putting it into a chassis to
see
> what it does :-). It has a separate "bridge board" that converts its HD50
> connector to DSSI.
What happens when you apply power? There really aren't any tests you can
run outside a machine that I'm aware of, plus I'm only familiar with DLT4000
and DLT7000 drive (since you can't really count TK50, TZ30, and TK70
drives).
> Some things I'm trying to ascertain:
> 1) Can I convert it to a TZ86 using the bridgeboard from a TK85? (they at
> least share connector similarity.
Maybe. The TK85 bridgeboard should convert a TF85 into a TZ85 (are the SCSI
drives actually called TZ, or TK?). On the DLT4000/7000 drives I believe
it's just the board on the back that defines if they're SCSI-Diff or
SCSI-SE.
> 2) Is there any way to test it without hooking it to a DSSI bus?
Just go ahead and hook it up.
Zane
Received on Mon Oct 16 2000 - 16:28:23 BST