SUMMARY - Fast/Wide/Single tape on a SS5 F/N/SE bus??

Charles Mengel (crm@lgi.com)
Tue, 08 Apr 1997 15:52:24 -0400

Thanks to those who replied:

David Schiffrin
Jeremy Olsen
Ray Trzaska
Marc S. Gibian
Rudy Yu

The Original question:

> This is mainly a CYA thing before I order a DLT7000 tape drive- I am
> pretty certain you can... Can you put a Fast Wide Single ended device
> like the DLT7000 on a Fast "Narrow" Single ended SCSI bus like the
> standard one on a Sparc 5? This is a temporary installation until the
> Ultra comes to us in the fall.
>
> Thanks!!!

The Answer:

Yes you can hook up this Tape drive to a F/N/S scsi bus - just get a
50 - 68 pin cable, address is from 0 - 6. I will probably make it the last
device, and terminate it with a 68 pin terminator.

One person reminded me that I can get a F/W/S scsi sbus card, but I am trying
to avoid that cost sice the Ultra I hope to get will come with this interface.

Thanks again!

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