Re: Wanna have some fun?

["Kevin Watkins" <kevinw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the suggestion Gary but it seems that on the 500 this tape drive
sits in a adapter like cage and that cage connected to the back plane
providing both power and data through the backplane (where on the 200 it
just bolts in a like a PC drive and you connect the power and data cables.



>Kevin --
>
>Have you checked to see if the "connector" on the drive is really an
>adapter.  This happened to me with a quarter inch drive.  It looked like
>the connector on the back was incompatible with the cable to plug into
>it but when I pulled hard on the connector (on the suggestion of a
>friend), it turned out to be an adapter than came off.
>
>If that doesn't work, maybe the reverse will.  Is there an adapter that
>will convert from your existing connector to the one on the 500.
>
>Just a thought,
>Gary
>
>Kevin Watkins wrote:
>>
>> Try moving an internal 8mm tape from model 200 to model 500... IBM is
still
>> scratching its head after MONTHS of going back and forth... the feature
>> codes are supposed to be the same but the drive from the 200 has a
different
>> connector than the backplane of the 500.... Anyone got any ideas????
>>


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