Esix rev. D + Wangtek QIC controller/Caliper 120MB drive problems

[Ahola Jari]

>From article <201 at srwic.UUCP>, by sralston at srwic.UUCP (Steve Ralston):
> In article <1990Dec28.144228.7436 at funet.fi> jja at kaarne.tut.fi (Ahola Jari)
> writes:
>  (Concerning Esix rev D + Wangtek 1/4" controller + Caliper 120MB drive)
>>My problem with above SW and HW combination is that it does not work as it 
>>should be. Controller is found during boot up and [...stuff removed...]
>>and prints the ever so helpfull 'Tape write error' message. 
>                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> First, turn the write-protect thingy so the arrow points AWAY from SAFE.  :-)
> 

First thing to do ....

> Sorry, I couldn't resist.  And now I have to admit to thinking of this LAST
> a time or two myself... ahem, but that was way back when I *first* started
> working with QIC tapes.
> 
> Seriously, I can think of several OTHER reasons that you might be having
> problems; tape media comes to mind.  For example, a Archive Viper 150 [SCSI]
> can READ, but NOT WRITE a 3M DC300 XL/P data cartridge (450', 6400-10,000 ftpi,
> 310 oersted).  I am not familiar with the Caliper 120, but assume it writes
> [only] QIC-120 format tapes, so you would [minimally] need DC600 media
> (600', 10,000-12,500 ftpi, 550 oersted).  What the hell is "oersted" anyway?
> 

 I use DC600XTD tapes which is the type to be used with Caliper CP-125.

> A couple of things you really need to know (I sure would want to) is:
>   "Does the Wangtek/Caliper combo play together?"

Yes, it works without problems under Dos with Sytos.

>   "Has anybody else made it work on any system?"
> Of course that's what the net is here for, right?  Sorry I can't answer
> either of those questions.  You might try calling Wangtek; they seem to have
> fairly good tech support (just my opinion).

And I still hasn't got a solution to this problem of mine.


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-jja

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