From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 17 20:08:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA20567 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:08:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA20558 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 20:08:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id NAA22510; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:09:26 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606180339.NAA22510@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Tape drive questions/recommendations To: jmb@freefall.freebsd.org (Jonathan M. Bresler) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 13:09:25 +0930 (CST) Cc: sef@kithrup.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199606180209.TAA17172@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Jun 17, 96 07:09:04 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jonathan M. Bresler stands accused of saying: > > Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > > > > Oh, yeah, I did want to mention the WORST part of the whole deal: twisting > > SCSI cables. > > > > My hard disks, of course, can be oriented right side up, or upside down. > > However, my CD-ROM drive and my tape drive have a definite "up" position -- > > and they each have pin1 of the SCSI connector on a different end! *grumble* > > It was enough to make me understand why people go with external units ;). > > the archive anaconda is the same way! this may be a characteristic > problem with archive tape drives ;( Yecch! I was fairly sure the SCSI spec actually dictates which way up the cable is supposed to go; certainly I've mixed just about every brand of SCSI disk and some tapes and CDs and never had to do a twist... > Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[