[Info-vax] HP Surestore DAT24 firmware download?

[Mark Wickens]

On Nov 19, 7:58 am, H Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
> On 18 nov, 09:54, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
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>
>
> undress to reply) wrote:
> > In article <ic2opd$7o... at ns.felk.cvut.cz>, smithfarm
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> > <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
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> > > 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

I have an HP DDS3 drive running very nicely in a VAXstation 4000/90 -
although apparently OpenVMS 7.3 for VAX doesn't support setting native
drive compression. I haven't tried it in a Windows or Linux
configuration.

Hope that helps.

Mark.