Tape backup for Xenix\

[Bruce L. Stewart]

In article <155 at ahmcs.com> alan at ahmcs.com (Alan Mintz) writes:
>In article <31 at chumley.UUCP>, bruce at chumley.UUCP (Bruce L. Stewart) writes:
>> In article <2757 at cod.NOSC.MIL> wildermu at cod.NOSC.MIL (James H. Wildermuth) writes:
>> >
>> > I have a 386 computer using SCO Xenix 386 (version 2.3.1).  I am looking
>> > for recomendations for a high capacity (150 MB) tape backup system.
>> > Thanks in advance.
>> 

BLS>> I recently (roughly October, 1990) made a similar request.  Here's my 
BLS>> (re-posted) summary of the responses I received (thanks, netlanders-at-
BLS>> large!).  To this I can add that I purchased two 150 Mbyte Wangtek drives
BLS>> (will write/read 250 Mbyte DC6250 tapes as well) and have had no problems...

AHM> One minor point, Wangtek drives shipped up until about 6-8 months ago use
AHM> a different controller and are NOT capable of using 250Mb (1020 ft) tapes.
>
AHM> Also, if the Wangtek drive is packaged with a half-length bus card that
AHM> contains a single VLSI chip and a few support components, you'll probably
AHM> need the SCO SLS XNX149 "Tecmar/Wangtek Single-Chip Tape Driver" (avail 
AHM> from SCO Tech support).

Alan is correct on both counts.  The Wangtek drives I purchased apparently
were recent enough to include the 250 Mbyte cabability (but just try to find
DC6250 tapes!).  They also came with the half-length controller -- and yes,
I downloaded and installed the SCO SLS SNX149 supplement (no problems).
Thanks, Alan, for pointing this out.

-bruce

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