[Info-vax] HP Surestore DAT24 firmware download?

[H Vlems]

On 18 nov, 09:54, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
undress to reply) wrote:
> In article <ic2opd$7o... at ns.felk.cvut.cz>, smithfarm
>
> <presnyprek... at gmail.com> writes:
> > > You don't have a VAX (microVAX / VAXstation with SCSI-2) to connect
> > > the
> > > HP Surestore DAT 24 to?
> > > Hans
>
> > I do have a VAX, but I don't have the requisite Centronics 50-pin
> > external-to- 50-pin internal ribbon cable adapter.
>
> If the tape drive is external, then it must have an external connector
> and the VAX has one as well so all you need is the proper cable.  If it
> is internal, then would it be possible to open up the VAX and put it
> inside?  (Would probably only make sense if the form factor is such that
> you can access it through the front panel of the VAX.)

What I had in mind Phillip was that he could remove the DAT drive from
its box,
open up the VAX and connect its internal wiring to the drive. That way
the DAT drive
may be tested on a SCSI-2 bus for which it was designed.
And as you've indicated there is no cable problem that way.
Hans