[Info-vax] HP Surestore DAT24 firmware download?

[H Vlems]

On 17 nov, 13:58, smithfarm <presnyprek... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > o check if your 50-68 adapter is appropriate,
> > iirc when going from "wide" (that's presumably what
> > your controller is) to "narrow" (your drive) it must
> > terminate the "upper 8 bits".
>
> My hunch is the drive is fine and the troubles are termination-related,
> caused by the adapter. I looked at similar adapters and noticed that
> they come with a warning that the unused 18 lines are not terminated.
>
> I found a 50-pin to 50-pin internal cable to use instead of the adapter
> + 68-pin cable, but it doesn't have the crimp-on terminator. Once I get
> my hands on a 50-pin internal active terminator, I will try it again.
>
> On a related note, I connected the TLZ7L to the Linux box and it appears
> to work perfectly! Slow (390 KiB/s, or approximately 1.4 GiB/hour), but
> true. Also, the DDS-2 light comes on when I insert a DDS-2 tape. After a
> week of hell with the HP Surestore DAT 24 drive, this is heaven.
>
> I have the TLZ07/TLZ7L manual from DEC in PDF form. If anyone needs it,
> let me know.
>
> Nathan

You don't have a VAX (microVAX / VAXstation with SCSI-2) to connect
the
HP Surestore DAT 24 to?
Hans