TK50Z-GA and MicroVax 3100/90?

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Wed May 22 09:51:56 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Lafleur [mailto:bob_lafleur_at_technologist.com]

> I will shortly be receiving a MicroVax 3100/90 and a TK50Z-GA
> tape drive.
> Both have SCSI, and I assumed they would work together.
> However, I just read
> something that seems to imply the TK50Z-GA is "incompatible"
> SCSI, and will

Well, I've never heard of anyone getting it to work with anything
else. :) You could try it. It's the one without the ID selector,
right?

I think the ID is fixed, since the other alternative is to pass
it through the cable, and that would be, well, interesting, to
say the least...

> only work on the MicroVax 2000. Can anyone confirm this
> either way? If it
> will work, what type of SCSI cable will I need - a standard
> one, or some

Should be a standard cable.

> proprietary one? If it won't work, is there any way to "fix"
> the TK50Z-GA so
> that it will? Thanks.

Um, yes, but it will require the internals from a tk50 drive that
will work ;) (Seriously, the drives are all the same, but some of
the logic that's packed in the case with them is different... so
I've heard.)

Chris


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