Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!ucbvax!hplabs!hpcea!hpfcdc!hpfcmp!rjn From: rjn@hpfcmp.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Driver for 7970E tape drive on 825 Message-ID: <1260017@hpfcmp.HP.COM> Date: Sat, 5-Dec-87 09:38:57 EST Article-I.D.: hpfcmp.1260017 Posted: Sat Dec 5 09:38:57 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 09:32:21 EST References: <816@gargoyle.UChicago.EDU> Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Ft. Collins CO Lines: 28 re: "Here may be the answer to your question. This is take from the Configuration reference manual HP # 98561-90020 Page A-230" <...text deleted...> I wrote that section of the Series 300 Configuration Ref. Manual. ^^^ That information does not apply to the Series 800, except insofar as to describe how to upgrade a 7970E into a 7971A. The situation on the Series 800 is not a matter of drive electronics. It is a question of software driver availability. Prior to release of HP-UX 1.0 on the Model 840, there was a 'tape0' driver in the system. It was apparently seldom used within our labs, and never fully QA'd, since most people were using the 'tape1' driver with the 7974A and 7978A/B. 'tape0' was removed from HP-UX prior to first customer shipments. 'tape0' may or may not be available as unsupported software through your local SE. Even if available, 'tape0' may not be fully forward compatible with all HP-UX releases. Disclaimer: I do not have a copy of 'tape0', indeed, I have never personally seen it. Furthermore, it was written at a different site (somewhere in California). Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob "keeper of the legends" Niland 3404 East Harmony Road [ihnp4|hplabs]!hpfcla!rjn Fort Collins CO 80525