Re: Problem connecting Wangtek 5125ES tape drive to Apple HS SCSI card

[kjh52156@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Karen Jen Hu)]

In <3aqioq$366@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> jeffr@bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson) writes:

>Hi:

>I just received a Wangtek 5125ES SCSI tape drive that I bought from
>someone on the net.  He assured me it that it would work with the Apple
>High Speed SCSI card in my IIgs.  (He used a RamFast card to drive it,
>but a friend used a HS SCSI card to drive the similar 5150ES drive.)

>I've been unable to get my system to recognize the drive, however,
>so I'm posting this in hopes of getting some insights.  Here's the
>deal:

>I'm using the "Archiver" program to identify the drive.  (ie. I try
>to restore a backup, and click the Device button until the tape
>drive shows up.)

>I've taken all my other SCSI devices off the card, to avoid SCSI ID
>conflicts  (the tape drive doesn't seem to have an ID selector).
>The Wangtek has only 1 50-pin connector.  I've tried connecting to
>it both with and without an external SCSI terminator.  No dice.

>I have access to an old Apple 40SC tape drive, so I tried connecting
>it in the same way as the Wangtek, and my system _does_ recognize it.
>For this reason, I'm pretty sure it is a problem with the Wangtek.

>I'm using a ROM 01 IIgs, running System 6.0.1.  The only SCSI drivers
>I have are the ones that came with Sys601.  Is there a 3rd party
>driver that I need?

Don't waste your time with any kind of GSTape program or anything.
The 5125ES is NOT SCSCI (so Im told by WangTek) It's what's called
a Quick-02 (the pronouced this as Quick-Oh-Two).  I have the exact
same drive, WangTek 5125ES.  I know it's recognized as a SCSI device,
but the Tech Support guy at WangTek assures me it cannot be controlled
by SCSI controllers.  I've even tried hooking it up to a NeXT and nothing
but I/O errors when trying to access it.  I even downloaded the GSTapeDemo,
and that didn't work.  I'm beginning to believe the guy at WangTek is
correct - but I need to call him back and ask him why it's getting
recognized as a SCSI device.

It is a shame, because those are 120MB drives.