Subject: Re: TK50 compatible tape transports?
To: NetBSD Bob <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: linc <linc@thelinuxlink.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/14/2001 15:00:02
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> That is a normal TK50 (or at least all the ones I have are). But, inside
> that box is a scsi-to-tk50 controller, that converts the relatively
> normal scsi1 to native tk50speak. I have used the transports
> interchangeably between the TKQ50 and the scsi outboard boxes.
> They all seem fine, to me. The transport even has the black
> plastic slide-in tray that the BA23/BA123 boxes use. All mine
> are -GA marked.
>
> Bob
>
Very interesting! Has anyone ever tried to use this in reverse? Like
hang a scsi tape drive or disk off a tk50 controller with the converter in
between?
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