From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Oct 2 07:06:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA01346 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 07:06:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA01301 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 07:05:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-179.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.179]) by mail.HiWAAY.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA32209; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:05:33 -0500 (CDT) Received: from n4hhe.ampr.org (localhost.ampr.org [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA00235; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 08:55:52 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@n4hhe.ampr.org) Message-Id: <199810021355.IAA00235@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Duncan Barclay cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Exabyte 8200 In-reply-to: Message from Duncan Barclay of "Thu, 01 Oct 1998 20:57:30 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 08:55:52 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Duncan Barclay writes: > The model I have has an LCD panel over the drive door. When the drive powers > up > it asks me to select a compression mode, there is a small round button on the > LCD which toggles a little "C" on the LCD, next to a "2". There is also an > extra card plugged into the SCSI connector which I think controls the LCD. > > This model doesn'y seem to be a standard Exabyte model and markings on the > chassis don't tell me much. Big LCD display, full width of the 5-1/4" drive, at least 2 lines high? Believe that is a Cybernetic Microsystems (?) model. Compression and the LCD display are handled by a custom CPU between the external SCSI bus and the internal exabyte SCSI. The company I'm thinking of advertises heavily in NASA Tech Briefs and other odd places. Think they have a web site too but I'm offline right now and can't go find it. As I recal, the only real problem with a Cybernetic tape drive is the compression is vendor unique. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message