Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:7687 comp.unix.i386:642 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre.dsl.pitt.edu!pitt!amanue!jr From: jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.i386 Subject: 3rd party tape drive for 6386 WGS? Message-ID: <460@amanue.UUCP> Date: 2 Oct 89 05:20:51 GMT Organization: Amanuensis Inc., Grindstone, PA Lines: 22 I need a tape drive to go in each of several AT&T 6386 WGS (20 MHz) machines. We bought an Archive & it simply WOULD NOT WORK. Any attempt to cause tape motion made the tape drive light come on and then it just hung. I couldn't retension, rewind, anything. Called Archive and they said yes indeed, the 6386 *was* on their list, it was tested and known to be *incompatible* with the Archive FasTape. Has anyone gotten any 3rd party drive to work? Everex? AT&T announced a new tape drive for the Intel based machines. Anyone know if the new tape will work in the Olivetti machines?? It *sure is cheaper* than the ridiculous amount they wanted for the original "regulation" 6386 tape drive. Incidentally the cable that came with the Archive between the drive & controller was pretty fubar'ed up! It had one of the 50 pins blocked at the end with all the pins, and at the edge-card end it had two of the little slit blockers inserted instead of one. Don't these guys know how to make up a cable for their own product? -- Jim Rosenberg CIS: 71515,124 decvax!idis! \ WELL: jer allegra! ---- pitt!amanue!jr BIX: jrosenberg uunet!cmcl2!cadre! /