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#SCSI Tape Problem

    04-Jun-94 16:02:28
Sb: #SCSI Tape Problem
Fm: Kevin Sangwell 100141,106
To: GVP Tech 72662,51
Further to my previous posts regarding the Tandberg TDC 3600 tape drive I am having problems with below is some additional information which may be useful. Old info: Amiga 1200 GVP A1230 Turbo +II GVP A1291 SCSI I/F Tandberg TDC 3600 External Tape drive AmiBack 1.05b Backup software Problem: When the software tries to write to the drive you get an "Illegal SCSI request" error. It can rewind the tape, retension the tape, but not read/write to the tape. Before trying to rewind/retension you get the following error too "Mode select failed, tape drive may not perform optimally" New info (report from SCSIUtil d/l from AmigaUser): Peripherial qualifier: 0 Peripherial device type: $1, Sequential-access device (e.g., magnetic tape)Removable medium: yes Device type modifier: 0 ISO Version: 0 ECMA Version: 0 ANSI-Approved Version: 1, The device complies to ANSI X3.131-1986 (SCSI-1).AENC: no TrmIOP: doesn't support TERMINATE I/O PROCESs message Response data format: $0, conforms to SCSI-1 Additional length: $2e INQUIRY[5-6] (Reserved): $0, $0 RelAdr: doesn't support relative addressing WBus32: doesn't support 32 wide data transfers WBus16: doesn't support 16 wide data transfers Sync: doesn't support synchronous transfers Linked: doesn't support linked commands CmdQue: doesn't support tagged command queueing SftRe: responds to RESET condition with hard RESET alternative Vendor identification: TANDBERG Product identification: TDC 3600 Product revision level: -06: Vendor specific: 00CREATED102488 Reserved: Any ideas what else to try? Kevin 68030/40 A1200… On AutoPilot from Surrey in the UK