problems with 8mm DAT

[Dave Sill]

In article <1990Nov7.200419.25168 at ariel.unm.edu>, collier at triton.unm.edu (Michael Collier) writes:
>we have a Mountain Computer Inc. "FileSafe 2100-D" 2048 Mb 8mm DAT
>drive, as distributed by DEC.

DAT is 4mm.  8mm is Exabyte.

>it is daisy-chained off of a Decstation
>3100 as a SCSI device. the problem is that it goes off line at
>the drop of a hat, and requires a power cycle in order to recover.
>has anyone had enough experience with this make/model to tell me
>whether this is "normal"? any workarounds? please e-mail. thanks
>in advance

I haven't seen that yet with ours, but we haven't had it very long.

-- 
Dave Sill (de5 at ornl.gov)
Martin Marietta Energy Systems
Workstation Support