CMS Jumbo tape drive and 2.3.2

[Bradley W. Fisher]

In article <28 at herctec.UUCP>, root at herctec.UUCP (Super user) writes:
> 
> 	My setup:
| 
| 	Xenix 286 2.3.2, Update level R
| 
| 	My problem:  I just installed a Colorado Memory Systems "Jumbo"
| mini tape drive that attaches to my floppy controller.  I installed this
| in a DOS machine and it worked beautifully.  Soooo, I thought I'd put it
| in my Xenix box [.........]
| 
| 	Followed everything by the book (several times), but "format
| /dev/rctmini" pauses for a few seconds, then spins the floppy drive,
| then eventually comes back with "can't open /dev/rctmini."
| 
The last time I ran up against one of these drives, I had the same
problem. A client asked me to move it from a DOS box to their new SCO
XENIX unit. After having the same kind of problems,I finally found out that
there are two versions of the PAL on the controller board ... one for DOS, and
one for XENIX (or so the fourth person I talked to at CMS said!).

Fortunately, I was able to talk my client into putting the CMS back into the
DOS machine ... and putting a Wangtek 5150EK into the XENIX box.
 
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