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From: Kurt Nowak <kurt.m.nowak@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Booting an Apollo with the external scsi connection
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
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So I was wondering if it was even possible to boot an Apollo using an exter=
nal tape drive connected to the centronics scsi connector on the WD7000 con=
troller? I have a centronics to 50pin cable connected to a Sun 411 case tha=
t has an Apollo QIC-11 tape drive in it. I EX CONFIG'ed the machine appropr=
iately for the WD7000. Now is it just a matter of setting the jumpers corre=
ctly on the WD7000 controller? When i turn the unit on, the tape drive cycl=
es and chatters like it would if it would be internal, but nothing happens =
if i try and read a tape, ie LD...