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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!ogicse!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!gaia.ucs.orst.edu! umn.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!sdd.hp.com!network.ucsd.edu!news.cerf.net!benton.prepress.com!bob Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: How to get Wangtek 5525ES to read/write QIC-150? Message-ID: <1993Jun8.223636.1589@prepress.com> From: bob@prepress.com (Robert Crowe) Date: 8 Jun 93 22:36:36 GMT Organization: Pre-Press Technologies Article-I.D.: prepress.1993Jun8.223636.1589 Lines: 34 Hi, I just picked up a Wangtek 5525ES, which is a QIC-525 tape drive. It is my understanding that this drive can read/write QIC-150 formats as well as the 525 format. Unfortunately, I can't get the drive to exhibit this feature. When I try and read or write a 150, I get st0: invalid command, and some other errors. Before I look into this too much, I wanted to know if anyone else out there has this working, and if maybe I'm just missing the obvious... My setup is: 486DX-50, adaptec 1542b, there are 3 scsi drives on the bus, none of which are terminated. The Wangtek sits on the end, and is terminated. All scsi peripherals are internal. I have the Drive set for SCSI-I right now (didn't know it was SCSI-II capable until today), but I wouldn't think that would matter. The drive works just great with a 525 cartridge (so far...), but I really need interoperability with QIC-150's. I have obtained specsheets from Wangtek, and it looks like the drive definitely supports QIC-150 format. If anyone has any info on this, I would very much like to hear about it. If it turns out that the driver doesn't support this yet, I guess I'll add it (or offer to help any people already pursuing that). Thanks in advance, Bob. bob@prepress.com or bob@osomil.speakez.com -- ============================================================ Bob Crowe Voice: (619) 931-2695 Pre-Press Technologies. Email: bob@prepress.com 2443 Impala dr. FAX: (619) 931-2698