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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 11:32 AM

Hi. I just recently picked up an external Sun QIC tape drive. It's
part number 595-1711-04. I believe it is shown at:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...pPk_150MB.html.

Anyway, I can't seem to find any documentation about this drive on the
Sun Micro site. Setup looks like standard SCSI, but how do you load a
QIC tape in this thing? The entry port is huge compared to a standard
QIC tape.

Thanks in advance for your help.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 11:33 AM

Obadiah <pilgrimworker@yahoo.com> writes:
>Hi. I just recently picked up an external Sun QIC tape drive. It's
>part number 595-1711-04. I believe it is shown at:
>http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...pPk_150MB.html.

>Anyway, I can't seem to find any documentation about this drive on the
>Sun Micro site. Setup looks like standard SCSI, but how do you load a
>QIC tape in this thing? The entry port is huge compared to a standard
>QIC tape.

You've posted a picture of an Archive Viper QIC-150 drive in an
external Sun case. The QIC-150 or QIC-24 tapes slide in sideways in
through the front door, and then the lever slides to the right about
half to 3/4 of an inch or so. Seeing as the dimension of the
QIC-24/QIC-150 tape is 6" wide by 4" deep by 1/2" high or so, its not
that much bigger than a standard QIC-150 tape.

Maybe you are used to the QIC-80/Mini QIC form factor? Those are much
smaller tapes in size and capacity usually. They were more popular on
PC's, while these drives were used more in the enterprise &
workstation platforms in that day and age.

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#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 11:33 AM

On Wednesday 26 November 2003 3:18 am in comp.sys.sun.hardware Obadiah
wrote:

> Hi. I just recently picked up an external Sun QIC tape drive. It's
> part number 595-1711-04. I believe it is shown at:
>
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...pPk_150MB.html.
>
> Anyway, I can't seem to find any documentation about this drive on the
> Sun Micro site. Setup looks like standard SCSI, but how do you load a
> QIC tape in this thing? The entry port is huge compared to a standard
> QIC tape.

There as many tapes referred to as QIC, you need DC6150 cartridge
tapes.

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#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 11:33 AM

Thanks to both respondents. Yes, I have to admit I was thinking the smaller form factor.

Is there any trick to installing this on the workstation? I don't see any documentation on it
beyond plugging in the SCSI port. Any suggestions gratefully welcomed.

Thanks again.

Chris Newport wrote:

> On Wednesday 26 November 2003 3:18 am in comp.sys.sun.hardware Obadiah
> wrote:
>
> > Hi. I just recently picked up an external Sun QIC tape drive. It's
> > part number 595-1711-04. I believe it is shown at:
> >
> http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...pPk_150MB.html.
> >
> > Anyway, I can't seem to find any documentation about this drive on the
> > Sun Micro site. Setup looks like standard SCSI, but how do you load a
> > QIC tape in this thing? The entry port is huge compared to a standard
> > QIC tape.
>
> There as many tapes referred to as QIC, you need DC6150 cartridge
> tapes.
>
> --
> My real address is crn (at) netunix (dot) com
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#5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 11:33 AM

On Wednesday 26 November 2003 3:01 pm in comp.sys.sun.hardware Obadiah
wrote:

> Thanks to both respondents. Yes, I have to admit I was thinking the
> smaller form factor.
>
> Is there any trick to installing this on the workstation? I don't see any
> documentation on it
> beyond plugging in the SCSI port. Any suggestions gratefully welcomed.
>

First set the SCSI ID to 4 using the switch on the rear of the case.
Power down your system.
Connect the drive to your SCSI port and power it on
Start your machine and interrupt the boot sequence to get an ok prompt.
probe-scsi should list the drive on ID4.
boot -r will create the device nodes

Your drive should now be available as /dev/rmt/0
Insert a tape and wait for the drive to stabilise.
mt -f /dev/rmt/0 status should indicate that a tape is loaded.

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