Drive inventory

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Feb 13 16:09:45 2002

On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Tothwolf wrote:

> > WORM Drive of some type (SCSI)
>
> What size?

5.25ish"

> > QIC-150 tape drive (SCSI)
>
> What brand/model?

It's pretty generic. The only reason I know it's QIC-150 is because
someone made a lable and stuck it to the drive.

> Iomega made a 100MB and 250MB zip drive, as well as a 1GB and 2GB Jaz
> drive. The 250MB zip drive can read 100MB disks, but can't format them.

Yes, I have a 250 in my main PC that came with it new (from Dell <spit>).

> Same situation for the 2GB and 1GB Jaz drives. The Jaz drive is only

I'll need a 2GB Jaz then. Should be starting to see them for pennies in a
couple years so no rush.

> Not all brands of drives use the same cable, there are about half a dozen
> different cables out there for these drives. You can't connect more than
> one floppy tape drive to the floppy interface at the same time. They will
> conflict with each other if you do.

Only if they are being used simultaneously, no?

> > I guess what I really want to know is if the various tape drives from
> > different manufacturers for a certain specification, say QIC-40/80,
> > read and write the same low- or high-level format. So for instance,
> > if I create a tape on a Colorado drive and stick it into a Conner
> > drive, will the Conner be able to read it?
>
> Not always. Many manufacturers used their own formats, especially for the
> 40MB tapes.

Wonderful.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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