Gary Jackson wrote:
>
> I have a 928 and I want to install an HPIB board and a 7980 tape
> drive into it.  In SYSGEN, do I need to add the HPIB board?  Do I
> need to add a path?  And what would be the device ID for the tape
> drive?

Hi Gary,

We had a 7980A and wanted to connect it via HP-IB to a new 928,
but had to convert it to SCSI to keep it officially supported,
or some such reason.  It's now a 7980S sitting in its own rack.

Here's our config from SYSGEN/IO (your paths may vary):

PATH:  56                                     LDEV:
  ID:  HPA1809-60005                          TYPE: BC
PMGR:  BUS_CONV_MGR                        PMGRPRI:     2
LMGR:                                       MAXIOS:     0

PATH:  56/52                                  LDEV:
  ID:  A1703-60003-SCSI                       TYPE: DA
PMGR:  SCSI_DAM                            PMGRPRI:     6
LMGR:                                       MAXIOS:     0

PATH:  56/52.1                                LDEV:
  ID:  PSEUDO                                 TYPE: DA
PMGR:  TRANSPARENT_MGR                     PMGRPRI:     6
LMGR:                                       MAXIOS:     0

PATH:  56/52.1.0                              LDEV:    8
  ID:  HP7980S                                TYPE: TAPE
PMGR:  SCSI_TAPE2_DM                       PMGRPRI:    10
LMGR:  LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER               MAXIOS:     0

>
> Is there a list somewhere on my 3000 that lists all of the
> different device IDs?

I think you're talking about IODFAULT.PUB.SYS.  For the 7980 ours
(5.5 pp4) has:

  {*******  HP7980 HPIB  Device ID is not valid.   Use HP7980A. ******}
HP7980A  TAPE  24 5  0128  TAPE_7978_DM LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER 0010 &
  JOB+DATA+INPUT+OUTPUT+AUTOREPLY  NONE   TAPE  0  DA 0 FALSE FALSE
HP7980XC TAPE  24 5  0128  TAPE_7978_DM LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER 0010 &
  JOB+DATA+INPUT+OUTPUT+AUTOREPLY  NONE   TAPE  0  DA 0 FALSE FALSE

and:

  {************** 1/2" Reel SCSI ******************}
HP7980S  TAPE  24 5  0128  SCSI_TAPE2_DM LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER 0010 &
  JOB+DATA+INPUT+OUTPUT+AUTOREPLY  NONE   TAPE  0  DA 0 FALSE FALSE
HP7980SX TAPE  24 5  0128  SCSI_TAPE2_DM LOGICAL_DEVICE_MANAGER 0010 &
  JOB+DATA+INPUT+OUTPUT+AUTOREPLY  NONE   TAPE  0  DA 0 FALSE FALSE

I guess the 7980A is still supported on HP-IB on some systems, but
not the 9x8s.

HTH!

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