HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: sbeland@nrao.edu (Stephane Beland,,,)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: 1/2" tape errors with SCSI
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:29:01 GMT
Reply-To: sbeland@nrao.edu
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

I'm in the process of transferring 14000 1/2" tapes to Exabyte. Some of these tapes
are about 10 years old and have bad spots on them. At this point the tape drive will
abort with an error message after retrying a number of times. ANY commands after this
will cause the drive to rewind the tape.
I suspect that the device driver in SOS4.1.2 is responsible for this behavior and 
not the HP88780B drive that i'm using but i'm not certain.

Has anyone encounter this problem? What can be done about it?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Stephane Beland             |\_/|
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Socorro, NM  87801           ( )
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From: mark@hpcpbla.bri.hp.com (Mark Simms)
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 14:15:28 GMT
Subject: Re: what to optimize with DAT drives?
Organization: HP Computer Peripherals Bristol, UK
From: norcott_bill@tandem.com (Bill Norcott)
Subject: Re: SCSI/SCSI-II docs online?
Reply-To: norcott_bill@tandem.com (Bill Norcott)
Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:21:54 GMT

In article <1de232INN1tq@early-bird.think.com>, ephraim@think.com (Ephraim Vishniac) writes:

|> 
|> The SCSI standards are available by anonymous ftp from
|> rex.cs.tulane.edu. If you're a WAIS user, you can search the SCSI-2
|> standard using scsi-2.src.

Could you please include the IP address for this host so I can add
it my /etc/hosts.  Our name server does not have this one.  Thanks.

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From: marcus@cccp.north.de (Marcus Woinke)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Need jumper settings for HPC2235-300
Keywords: HP, SCSI, jumper
Date: 12 Nov 92 08:25:12 GMT
Organization: private
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Hi there in netland!

I need technical specifications for the Hewlett Packard C2235-300
SCSI-disk (424 MB), especially the layout of the jumperblocks.

aTdHvAaNnKcSe

Bye, Marcus
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: chrissi@Informatik (Christian Boettcher)
Subject: Driver for Kremmer SCSI host Adaptor
Summary: I'm looking for a driver software 
Organization: edag
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 10:14:49 GMT

I've got a KREMMER SCSI-host-adaptor. (I think it's a rare product).

What I need is a driver for this adaptor.
- Who knows something about that ? -

please give me an information or a mail adress to get such a driver.
From: mabbot@stel.csir.co.za (Mike Abbot)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Need to use DAT as data drive.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 06:53:39 GMT
Organization: CSIR
NNTP-Posting-Host: 146.64.23.16
Keywords: DAT, SCSI

A bit of help required !

I would like to use a (WANG)DAT as a data storage device (as opposed to a 
backup device) in a PC based system.

Ideally I would like to be able to read and write to the DAT drive in a 
manner analogous to a hard drive (albeit in a sequential fashion).  The only 
software I have seen so far is stuff to perform an archiving/backup function.

I have the device driver for the SCSI controller in the PC (Adaptec), and I 
know that I can probably do what I need to do with the relevant SCSI 
calls ...  BUT I'm trying to avoid that !

1.  Has someone done this type of thing before ?

2.  Is there any sort of standard for the (high-level) formatting of data on 
a DAT drive ?

3.  Is there a device driver available that allows a DAT to function as a 
DOS disk drive ?

Any help or comments will be greatly appreciated.

Mike


Mike Abbott     mabbot@fred.csir.co.za (EMAIL not very reliable at present)
Cape Town       PH :  +27 2231 75101
RSA             FAX : +27 2231 75142
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: edwarde@htsa.aha.nl (Edward van Egmond)
Subject: Re: Cheating of Low Level Format by AHA-1542B
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 13:37:04 GMT
Organization: Algemene Hogeschool Amsterdam, Polytechnic Institute

In article <BxK8JE.1xK@tegra.com> vail@tegra.com (Johnathan Vail) writes:
>
>In article <guest.1.721505160@ncucs> guest@ncucs writes:
>
>
>
>With SCSI the controller does not do the format, it merely sends a
>command to the drive to format itself.  Most drives wil reformat
>themselves when you send this command.  For some reason the Quantum
>drives don't normally do this.
>
>With the LPS drive you need to set a bit in a vendor unique mode page.
>Page 0x39 is "Quantum-Unique Drive-Control Parameters" and can be
>written with this page data:
>
>	/* header	*/	0,0,0,0,
>	/* page data: 	*/	0x39, 6, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
>
>
>The '8' sets a bit called FDPE or FILL DATA PATTERN ENABLED.  It
>allows the drive to use byte 2 of the FORMAT UNIT command to fill the
>drive with.  Otherwise the drive apparently ignores this.  I suppose
>it is a lot faster than actually doing what you told it to.
>
>
>I don't know how you would do this on a PC.  Maybe SCSICNTL or
>something.  Or write a program for ASPI.  It would be easier than with
>386BSD since there is no way for an application to get at the SCSI
>bus.
>
>
>jv <- "been there, done that"
>
> _____
>|     | Johnathan Vail     vail@tegra.com     (508) 663-7435
>|Tegra| jv@n1dxg.ampr.org    N1DXG@448.625-(WorldNet)
> -----  MEMBER: League for Programming Freedom (league@prep.ai.mit.edu)

Is this also possible about a Seagate ST-4182N (SCSI) with a GVP-H2+
controller, mine won't low-level format either.

Thanks,
	Eddie.

-- 
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I'm a schizophrenic and so am I.
Edward van Egmond UUCP: ...!solist.htsa.aha.nl!edwarde
From: saake@netcom.com (Mark Saake)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: SCSI/SCSI-II docs online?
Date: 5 Nov 92 20:31:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Nov5.203153.28137
Distribution: usa
Organization: None

Does anyone know if either the SCSI or SCSI-II specs are available in
electronic form.  I'd actually prefer having them online that sitting
on the book shelf.

Thanks.
mark.
saake@netcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed)
Subject: Re: New DEC DSP5350 and DSP3160 SCSI drives
Followup-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Summary: Errata
Keywords: DEC  DSP  SCSI
Organization: Gainfully unemployed
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:55:08 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.200351.29178@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> I wrote:
>>[ DEC DSP3105 data deleted. ]
>
>I've seen these DEC DSP3105 drives mentioned quite a bit, but I just read in
>a trade rag that DEC was introducing two new disk drives at Comdex:
>
>DEC DSP5350			DEC DSP3160
>5 1/4" form factor		3 1/2" form factor
>3.5 Gb unformatted capacity	1.6 Gb unformatted capacity

Sydney "Mr. Elm" Weinstein was kind enough to correct me - this is *formatted*
capacity, not unformatted.  Thanks to Sydney for pointing this out.

>11.5ms average seek time	??.?ms average seek time
  5.6ms average latency		??.?ms average latency
>$3495 list price		$1995 list price

Sydney also said he couldn't believe these list prices; for reference, I got
them straight from the "Comdex Show Products" section of the November 5th issue
of EDN magazine, page 25.  That's the prices the blurb quotes, don't look at
me ...

Note that on page 23 of the same issue, it mentions a new Quantum ProDrive 1225
which is

Quantum ProDrive 1225
3 1/2" form factor
1.2 Gb formatted(?) capacity
10.0ms average seek time
??.?ms average latency
10 Mbytes/sec interface (SCSI-2)
512 Kb segmented cache

Quantum Corp.
(408) 894-4000

Finally, a front-page article in last week's EE Times mentioned that Seagate
has announced a 3 1/2" disk line called Barracuda, with 2.1 Gb formatted
capacity (yow!), utilizing a 7200 rpm disk technology ... anyone know about
pricing/date of availability?

	- Greg



Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: lainhart@odel.stg.TRW.COM (Mike Lainhart)
Subject: Re: Buslogic SCSI controllers
Organization:   TRW, One Space Park  MS O1/1061, Redondo Beach,CA 90278  (310) 813-0690
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:58:17 GMT

In article <BxK6o8.16o@brunel.ac.uk> me90plb@brunel.ac.uk (Paul L Barnfather) writes:
>Does anyone have any experience of Buslogic SCSI controllers.
>I believe they are Adaptec clones - are they as good ?
>
>I need a SCSI controller to run a hard disk/tape drive/optical drive under
>OS/2 - has anyone tried these devices with a Buslogic. The card I have in mind
>is a BT-542B, which is supposed to be compatible with an Adaptec 1542B.
>
>The reason I'm asking is the Buslogic is quite a bit cheaper than an Adaptec,
>but I'm not sure whether the cheaper card will cause problems.
>
>Any help much appreciated.
>
>Paul

I installed a BusLogic EISA SCSI Host Adapter a few weeks ago.  I have
a 330Mb drive and a CD-ROM connected to it and I am very happy with the
speed.  If the Adaptec board that I had originally tried to use worked
for me I could give you some speed comparison.   My decision to go with
the BusLogic people (actually the decision was to definitely NOT go 
with the Adaptec people) was strictly based on the horrid experience I
had with the user support (rather the LACK of user support).

I have posted here before about this so you might imagine that I feel
strongly that shabby user support should be widely broadcast.  I only
wish that others who had experienced the frustration (and expense in
waiting on hold long distance to be ultimately promised a call back-
that never came...) had warned me.  I could have been among the many
people that were lucky enough to get a good board and I would be singing
praises to Adaptec.  Maybe I'm better off.  I found out before I started
depending on my SCSI Host Adapter that the Adaptec board does not have
a reliable user support group to back it up.  The responsiveness of the
BusLogic people has been fabulous.
Xref: sparky comp.periphs.scsi:5348 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:19170
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: CBM 2090a controller and MD21/MC1588 problem
From: davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz (John Davis)
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:56:19 GMT
Reply-To: davis@chem.canterbury.ac.nz
Organization: Chem Dept, Uni of Canty, Chch, New Zealand
Keywords: scsi,2090a,md21,micropolis,mc1588,sun,shoebox,crash
Summary: sun shoebox and cbm 2090a won't work together
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

I've recently been playing around trying to get an old Sun shoebox (archive
5945c tape and micropolis 1588 312Mb esdi drive on a mt02 and md21
respectively) working with a CBM 2090a scsi controller. 

The drive works to some extent (can read/write most of it), but any attemp
to access data beyond the 250Mb mark results in _spectacular_ crashes. The
weird thing is the same drive hooked up to a Sun3/80 works just fine at it's
full 312Mb capacity on the sun and also on an ancient Seagate st01
controller in a PC ( though thta only gives 270Mb capacity - dos doesn't
want to have more than 1024 cyls).  

What I'm wondering is whether there's any particular known oddities in the
md21 scsi implementation, or known probs with the 2090a controller and the
md21 (the 2090a uses the wd33c93 which is probably a bad start from what
I've been reading here of late). 

[ and before someone suggests termination or id's - the drive's the only
device on the bus, and yes the bus is correctly terminated]

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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: ed@maxed.amg.com (Ed Whittemore)
Subject: Re: Q: EISA SCSI II controllers for ISC 3.0.1
Organization: American Micro Group, Ft. Lee  NJ
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 02:12:57 GMT

In article <0105015D.hidp4d@phngnc.Phonogenic.COM> wjk@Phonogenic.COM (Bill Keenan) writes:
>I am trying to find EISA SCSI 2 controllers that ship with driver
>support for Interactive (now SunSelect) UNIX version 3.0.x. (I will
>summarize if there are any controllers to summarize.)
>
>________________________________________________________________________
>Bill Keenan
>Internet:	wjk@phonogenic.com -or- phngnc!wjk
>AppleLink:	wjk@phonogenic.com@INTERNET#
>CompuServe:	>INTERNET:wjk@phonogenic.com
>Phonogenic Systems Corporation - Phone 415/365-1083 - FAX 415/365-1083
>PO Box 3535, Redwood City CA 94064
>
>This country borrows about $4.25 per day per US resident (that is $17/day
>for a family of 4) with little hope of paying any of the principal!

You're in the wrong newsgroup. Try comp.unix.sysv386.

The only two SCSI-2F EISA Bus Master Host Adapters worth bothering
with are the Adaptec 174(x) series and the BusLogic 74(x) series.

Both have native drivers in the OS. The Adaptec has a sophisticated
per target EISA configuration, but the firmware/hardware is broken
for SCSI tape, causing in some instances, system hangs. The BusLogic
747S board has active termination, supports 2.88 MB floppies, and
is solid as a rock. Forget DPT (unless you need mirroring), DTC, AMI,
and Future Domain (Western Digital). Both support 10 MHz fast SCSI-2.

Cacheing controllers are a waste of time with Unix (and money), where
big OS system buffers do a better job.
-- 
Ed Whittemore   uunet!maxed!ed   ed@maxed.amg.com
American Micro Group, Inc.   201-944-3293
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Question: ASPI data buffers above 16 MBs
From: rpao@mts.mivj.ca.us (Roger C. Pao)
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 05:20:09 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: MicroTech Software


I am in the process of writing a program which will be using ASPI to
talk to SCSI devices.  I plan on making a version for DOS or maybe for
Windows also if it's not too difficult.

Given that the 1542B can only transfer in the first 16 MBs, what
happens if a system has say 32 MBs?  I can't force my data buffers to
be below 16 MBs if I use EMM page frames (QEMM, 386Max, EMM386, etc.).
The same goes for the SRBs.

So here's the question: do all SRBs and data buffers HAVE to be below
16 MBs, or does ASPI4DOS double buffer SRBs and data buffers in such a
way that the adapter will never be asked to transfer past the 16 MB
boundary?

I also assume that I must have the SRBs in physically contiguous memory?
It can't cross an EMM page frame?

Thanks,
rp92
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: stud11@cc4.kuleuven.ac.be (Lode Vande Sande)
Distribution: world
Date: Friday, 6 Nov 1992 17:39:18 +01
Organization: K.U.Leuven - Academic Computing Center
Subject: Internal cable (flat) -> External cable (thick)
Keywords: cable conversion SCSI

Hello I have a CD ROM with a very thick SCSI cable.
I also have a HP35080A tapedrive internaly with a flat cable (50 pins?).

Ok how do I put the tape out of the PC using a thick cable when no such think
(centronics-printer-like interface) cable interface is available ?

Can the both SCSI cables be converted ?

Thankx
From: H18CC@CUNYVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Quantum 1.2Gig and 2091 problems!!!
Date: 7 Nov 92 04:37:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: CUNYVM.92311.233705H18CC
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

======================================================================== 65
Date:         Fri, 06 Nov 92 22:52:14 EST
From:         Michel Cole <H18CC@CUNYVM>
Subject:      Quantum 1.2Gig and A2091 problems!!!
To:           grr@cbmvax.commodore.com


=========================================================================
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
Date: Friday, 6 Nov 1992 22:04:00 EST
From: <H18CC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Quantum 1.2Gig and A2091 major problems!!!

Config:
Amiga 2000 rev. 6.2 with two internal floppeis.
2091 rom rev. 6.6 with Quantum 1.2Gig (nice stuff the quantum :-))
2 megs on the 2091.
running 3.0 (39.29).
(I *AM* a registered cert. so you had better point the muzzle away from me. Bes
ides I *DO* stay out of the kitchen 'cause I cant stand the heat. more of a win
ter person :)).
Basically, The 2091 is not working properly with the drive.
I had a conner 540megger before and it worked fine.
The Quantum is a new breed of drive that the company is bringing out.
Comes with 512k of cache (caches *both* reads and writes, active termination, s
csi-II interface, high RPM, etc...). Only the active termination is really diff
erent from the conner I had before. Also, the same drive seems to be working fi
ne on a mac IIci. I guess it would be helpful if I told you what the problem ac
tually is at this point, right???? :-). Very simple: Install 3.0 fine. Have 4 o
r 5 partitions: WORKBENCH --> 15Megs, WORK ---> 200Megs, NETWORK ---> 400Megs,
and ARCH ---> 514 (roughly). 3.0 will work fine for about 5 or 10 mins. After t
hat, I start getting a bunch of checksum errors for WORKBENCH until the system
can no longer access it (which takes about 10 or 15 seconds). Version WORKBENCH
reports filesystem rev. 39.27. I hoping that someone from C= or anyone familiar
 with this problem can help. Will try to get this thing up and running with a G
VP controller (at least will tell me if the 2091 is messing up or not). One mor
e thing, I go to school full-time and go to work all night. Cant get a hold a a
nyone at CATS (well, to tell you the truth, got hold of someone who told me tha
t the platters expand due to temp diff. when you start the drive up and does it
 for a couple of hours, hence the checksum errors. Sounds really nice until you
 consider that my friend has the same drive (bought the same time) running fine
on his IIci. Guys, this is really important. I have got to get this thing runni
ng in the next 48 hours. Please mail or post the answer.
If anyone from C= needs more info, please mail me at h18cc@cunyvm.cuny.edu and
mcole@jpr.com. Check both of them several times a day.
Michel Cole
h18cc@cunyvm.cuny.edu













You can reach me at h18cc@cunyvm.cuny.edu
Thanks in advance for your help.
~Michel Cole         grr@cbmvax.commodor 11/06/92 Quantum 1.2Gig and A2091 probl
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: hand@venus.jpl.nasa.gov (Kolin Hand)
Subject: Wanted: Archive Viper 2150S
Organization: Jet Propulsion Lab
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 06:03:45 GMT

Greetins all.

I would like some info on where I could purchase either a new or used
Archive Viper 2150S.

Anyone help me?...

Thanks.

Kolin
hand@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Subject: Re: Exabyte 8500 on Sun IPX stores only 2GB!
Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 23:06:09 GMT

In article <1992Nov12.131517.21354@babbage.ece.uc.edu> montjoy@thor.ece.uc.edu (Robert Montjoy) writes:
>In article <BxKqns.7J9@portal.hq.videocart.com> mandrews@portal.hq.videocart.com (Mike Andrews) writes:
>>We have just installed an Exabyte 8500 5GB tape on a Sun IPX running
>>Sun OS 4.1.2. It's on the first SCSI bus, esp0 as Target 4, making it st0.

>>The problem:  It only stores 2GB!  Does Sun send something to the drive
>>that makes it go into a 8200 compatibility mode?

No, but you did, if you called it /dev/rst0. With multiple-density drives like
the 8500 (where multiple densities are supported by the software, that is), the
unit number is used to tell the driver which density you want.

>The problem is that Suns can only write a file that is 2-Gig long(whether
>it is on tape or disk). 

This is another problem, too, and it's the first limit you ran into.

>One way might be to backup individaul partitions as seperate tape files.

If you do this, make sure you call the drive /dev/nrst8, or you will get
zapped at ~2.3GB when the drive, writing in 8200 format, fills up the tape.
The "8" says "high density", while the "n" tells it not to automatically
rewind between files.

I personally would recommend using "dump" to make your backups if they aren't
going to be used to transport the files to some computer that doesn't support
dump format. It will tell you the tape is rewinding even if you use nrst8,
but it isn't. [Isn't this in the Sun FAQ somewhere?]
-- 
Ruth Milner                          NRAO/VLA                  Socorro NM
Computing Division Head      rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
From: landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Seagate Technical Support Numbers
Distribution: world
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 17:47:59 GMT
Organization: SUGS

Here are the numbers for Seagate's Technical Support.

The USA numbers are:

   BBS   408-438-8771 (9600 baud*)
   Fax   408-438-2620
   Voice 408-438-8222 (8:00AM to 5:00PM PST Monday - Friday)

The BBS is also available at these numbers outside the USA:

   England   44-62-847-8011 (9600 baud*)

   Germany   49-89-140-9331 (2400 baud*)

   Singapore 65-292-6973    (9600 baud*)

   Australia 61-2-756-2359  (9600 baud*)

* - Maximum baud rate supported - use 8 data bits, 1 stop bit,
    no parity.

--------------------------------------------------------
Hale Landis                              Ph 408-423-4017
landis@sugs.tware.com -or- hale_landis@notes.seagate.com
--------------------------------------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: volker@sfb256.iam.uni-bonn.de ( Volker A. Brandt )
Subject: Re: ADAPTEC 1542 and > 1GB
Organization: Applied Math, University of Bonn, Germany
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:24:54 GMT

In article <20828438663@TED.zer.sub.org> postmaster@cl-hh.comlink.de writes:
>Otto Haerter writes:
>> I purchased a IBM 1,2 GB SCSI 3,5"-drive and I can not get it to work, there 
>> was poor documentation and I am not a guru :-)
>
>I've got exactly the same problem. The AHA1542B had Bios 3.10 built
>in. Then I got 3.11 from Adaptec. Nothing changed!

There are two things you have to do:

(1) Be sure to terminate the sucker properly, the drive has no terminators
    whatsoever!

(2) There is a jumper that determines whether the drive should spin up at 
    power-on or only after receiving a "motor on" SCSI command. If I remember
    correctly, it's the rightmost jumper.  You have to make sure the drive 
    spins up at power-on.

We have one of those drives attached to an SGI here at the institute, and it
works, but IBM sure messed things up with the 0663 series.

BTW: There's a DOZEN different models, ranging from 910 to 1200MB, and the
dealer will usually not tell you which is which (because he doesn't know :-)

-- Volker
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From: muszynsk@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Richard Muszynski)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Floppy Drive Interface
Keywords: Floppy Interface
Date: 10 Nov 92 20:03:29 GMT
Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle

gjacobs@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Gary Jacobs) writes:

>I have an AMI Baby Voyager motherboard which has a floppy
>drive controller built into it.  I just installed an
>Adaptec 1542B SCSI controller which also has a floppy
>controller.  Is there a benefit to using one over the other?

I found that my tape drive(hooked to floppy interface) was
quite a bit faster. BTW Insider 250 tape drive.

Rick Muszynski  muszynsk@bcstec.ca.boeing.com