Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!focsys!larry From: larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: Can't backup to floppy Summary: Bell Tech does not work with standard anything! Keywords: /dev/tty, console, cpio, Merge386 Message-ID: <204@focsys.UUCP> Date: 23 Sep 88 12:49:54 GMT References: <913@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS> <547@micropen> <1716@ddsw1.UUCP> <926@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS> <520@penguin.UUCP> Reply-To: larry@focsys.UUCP (Larry Williamson) Organization: Focus Automation Systems Inc. Waterloo, Ontario. Lines: 27 In article <520@penguin.UUCP> jac@penguin.UUCP (James Carter) writes: | |We have tried to install the MERGE/386 and Bell Tech's UNIX on a Compaq Deskpro |system, and have discovered "we don't work with that tape drive" (quoted from |a recent conversation with both the Bell Tech and Merge folks. According to |them, they have never encountered the _standard_compaq_internal_tape_drive |before. (Compaq must have sold thousands of them by now!) So now how does the |end user do backups? (Not with the 360K floppy if you have at least 15M to |copy!) | |So far, no answer on how it will be fixed...am I really the only one? No, you are not the only one. I've posted a similiar comment to the net a few weeks ago. It appears that Bell Tech does not support any of the industry standard drives. What they do support is their own special drive. This drive is very similiar to the QIC-36 standard. They even use the standard QIC-02 interface board, but with some special roms. Too bad you decided to use Bell Tech instead of ISC or uport, as they support more standard hardware (if limited, at least it is off the shelf stuff that you can get at your neighbourhood hardware store). I would recommend that you cut your losses now, and switch. -- Larry Williamson -- Focus Automation Systems -- Waterloo, Ontario watmath!focsys!larry (519) 746-4918