#: 8124 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    11-Nov-90  18:26:00
Sb: #Tape on a Force CPU-30
Fm: Robert Heller 71450,3432
To: Any Force People

I recently bought a Force CPU-30 system with OS-9/68K (v2.3). This system has a
SCSI controller on the CPU board and the system came with a device driver for
an Archive Viper (2150) QIC-150 SCSI tape drive.  I purchased elswere a used
Archive Scorpion (QIC-24) tape drive and a Adaptec ACB-3530 SCSI to QIC-36
controller.  I've connected the Scorpion/Adaptec unit to the SCSI bus and
loaded the driver and descriptor for the Viper and tried to use the tape.  It
does not seem to work.  Nothing happens, except the system hangs.  I have set
the SCSI address on the SCB-3530 to 4, to match the address in the descriptor. 
Is there some reason the Viper driver won't work with a different SCSI tape
drive?  The system came with sources for the driver, so I can edit and re-build
the driver if needed.  I am not sure what I would need to change though.

Also:  does anyone have a program (for the Force CPU-30) that will scan down
the SCSI bus doing an Inquiry command and reporting what is found on the bus? 
Just to be sure that the address is set to what it should be and to see if the
controller board is alive and well (or at least talking to the bus).

          Robert Heller

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