On Sunday, August 10, 2003 1:39 AM [GMT+0800],
Nitin Chandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>> If so, the port on the back of the tape box is a
>> paralle port, will not work
>> with SCSI. The drive inside is probabli SCSI, but
>> the box converts. Lose
>> the box, and plug the drive in to the SCSi card.
> ok...what do u mean by lose the box.....yes you are
> right, it is an external tape drive....if i were to
> remove the 'box'....how do i do it? What all do i need
> to to reconnect the tape drive ?
> it detects the pci-scsi card, IRQ 10
> the tape drive initializes on power on.
>
> but there is no sync between the two....
Of course their isn't.
You used to connect the box to the parallel port on your windows machine.
What makes you think you can connect it to a SCSI card? The connector is a
Centronics interface, but that proves nothing. Repeat after me:
RS-232 is a protocol, DB-9 is an interface. They are not related.
>>> now i have connected it to a Advansys
>>> (ABP940-U/ABP960-U; as shown by the hardware
>>> browser)25pin scsi card. Now it not detecting the
>> tape drive.
>>
>> Is the card detecting the drive?
> NO
Open the Tape box. Disconnect the actual drive. Stare at it. It will be
an IDE or an SCSI. Travans were ussually IDE.
Then, insert the drive into your "CPU box", and proceed. Pray you have not
blown either the drive or (more likely) your SCSI card by connecting a SCSI
channel to a Parallel port. Distribute sweets at the next ILUG meet.
--
Sanjeev
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