On Sun, 2 Nov 1997 14:59:55 -0800 (PST) 
 Matthew Jacob <mjacob@ns.feral.com> wrote:

 > Welll, I have a DAT hooked up to my AlphaPC164 and the initial tur is
 > repeated and things work okay for me. Can you do a SCSIVERBOSE message
 > output to me?

Booted machine, inserted tape, did an "mt fsf 1":

st0(aic0:5:0):  Check Condition on opcode 0x0
    SENSE KEY:  Unit Attention
     ASC/ASCQ:  Not Ready To Ready Transition (Medium May Have Changed)

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