9track drive woes

From: Gunther Schadow <gunther_at_aurora.regenstrief.org>
Date: Sat Feb 16 23:42:59 2002

Pat Finnegan wrote:

> I've finally got my StorageTek 2920 9-track drive talking to my Emulex
> QT13 QBUS->PERTEC adaptor under VMS... It *appears* to read the tapes OK
> (I have no VMS formatted tapes, so I'm just guessing here), but when I try
> and INITIALIZE MUA0:, the drive spins the tape for a second and then gives
> me a "CC7" on its display and "Mach Chk" flashes. VMS calls it a 'parity
> error'. Anyone know what is going on with this thing?


How about cleaning? Does this have a full self test program?
When I first took my TU81PLUS in operation I had to make 3
runs of good scrubbing with alcohol before it would want to
write a tape successfully. Also, it didn't work with every
tape.

regards
-Gunther




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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D.                    gschadow_at_regenstrief.org
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Adjunct Assistant Professor        Indiana University School of Medicine
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Received on Sat Feb 16 2002 - 23:42:59 GMT

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