The TS150/5 Tape Drive
The TS150/5 tape drive from Apricot is supported by SCO Xenix on
Apricot's AT bus machines. The MCA version of the tape drive is not currently supported by
SCO Xenix VR 2.2.3 on the Qi series, but a fix for this is being prepared, and you will be
bulletined as soon as it is available.
To install a TS150/5 tape drive in your system, run the Xenix command -
'mkdev tape' and select the option to install a cartridge tape drive. Choose the following
options:-
|
Card Type |
3 |
(Type W) |
|
DMA Channel |
1 |
|
Interrupt Vector |
5 |
|
Base Address |
0338H |
If you are installing the tape drive on an AT bus machine you will have
to set jumpers and dip switches as follows:-
|
Jumpers |
DACK=1, |
DRQ=1, |
IRQ=5 |
|
|
|
Switches |
ON |
1 2 |
|
6 7 |
|
|
OFF |
|
3 4 5 |
|
8 9 10 |
N.B. These differ from the MD-DOS settings.
The latest revision firmware in the TS150/5 (rev 34), auto detects the
type of tape inserted in the drive, and will switch to QIC-120 (125MB) format on the
Series II Gold tapes supplied by Apricot and used in the Apricot SCSI tape drive. If
QIC-150 (150MB) operation is required, it is necessary to use Series II Gold Plus or
DC600XTD tapes in the drive. Neither QIC-120 or QIC-150 are compatible with the Emerald
tape drive, although tapes created on the QIC version of that drive may be read in the
TS150/5 unit.
Finally, please note that it is necessary for the tape unit itself to be
powered on before booting the operating system. Failure to do this will result in the
device being unavailable until the system is rebooted.
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