You should be able to find a replacement DDS for less that $200.00 if you
try hard.  MPE/iX is very unforgiving in it's tape errors, and the DDS is
99.9% of the problem.

Call me if you can't find a good one.

Brett
CTS Arizona


Emerson, Tom # El Monte <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> An SNA card for the 9x8 series?  [half-sized card, probably fits in a
number
> of 9xx systems, not just 9x8]
>
> This was one of the items included in the 918 I purchased, and to be
honest,
> the only "IBM" equipment I'll be hooking up to is a PC -- so I have no
real
> need for an SNA card.
>
> OTOH, the tape drive on the system appears a little worse for the wear --
a
> simple store of "@.sampledb.sys" [barely 2 megabytes] fails almost
> instantly, then marks the tape "bad" [even "fresh out of the box" tapes]
> Would the value of the SNA card be equivalent to a new [or refurbished]
DDS
> drive? a DLT drive? [which would be more "robust"?] or should I take it
down
> to the shotgun range down the street and wait for someone to yell "pull!"?
>
> Tom Emerson
> Sr. Systems Analyst
> NDC | e COMMERCE
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> 626-258-4309
> 626-350-3832 FAX
>