IEM 4430 Rev C HP-IB Tape Drive

From: Vassilis Prevelakis <vp_at_mcs.drexel.edu>
Date: Sat Jan 24 20:43:13 2004

Hi,

I came across the IEM 4430 4mm tape drive. This contains an HP DAT
1Gbyte SCSI tape drive and a conversion board that includes the external
HP-IB connector, the internal SCSI connector for the tape drive
and a connector for the operator panel.

The main PCB has 8 dip switches accessible from the back of the machine
and a couple of jumpers all over the place.

I figured out that three of the DIP switches are for HP-IB addressing,
but I wonder whether anybody has any info on that tape drive.

Specifically I wonder whether some switch combination can make the 4430
pretend to be some HP drive, so that it can be recognized by software
expecting a QIC-style tape drive.

Thanks

**vp
Received on Sat Jan 24 2004 - 20:43:13 GMT