Tape Drive - Archive Corporation 4324np - which Tape to buy?

Hi all,

I have just inherited an exrternal box model 611 with a tape drive in
it. No other info I am afraid. If I open the box and unscrew the tape
drive I see Archive Corporation 4324NP model. What is the capacity and
which tape shoul d I buy?

I tried to search but got different answers 4-8 GB or 12 - 24 GB ???

I connected it to an Ultra 30. How do Iknow if it is OK and configured
by the system ?

thanks for your help.

Regards

redjupiter

 

From the Maynard (Archive) manual, it *appears* as though your drive is
a DAT-DC (DC == Data Compression) drive, uses 60 or 90 meter DDS tapes
and (with 90 meter tapes) has a capacity of 2 to 4 GB depending on
compressability of your data.

Dip switch settings (as seen, left to right on the drive):
S8 Self Test (Disabled if OFF (up))
S7 Reserved (Must be OFF (up))
S6 DDS Pass-Through (see note below)
S5 Parity (Default is OFF (up))
S4 SCSI-2 (Default is ON (down))
S3 SCSI ID
S2 SCSI ID
S1 SCSI ID

[S6 Note] Enable or disable DDS-DC data compression pass through mode.
The default is DDS pass-through mode disabled (S6 OFF), which makes
DDS-DC data compression active. S6 ON enables DDS pass-through mode,
making DDS-DC data compression inactive. However, the function of S6
can be over-ridden by the proper SCSI Mode Select Command from your tape
software. Thus, software can enable/disable data compression.

On non-DC drives, this switch is reserved and must be OFF.

 

Great ... Thanks for the info.

Now I can buy some tapes and test it ... cheers