On Friday, October 16, 1998 6:01 AM, Steve Hammond [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
wrote:
> My overnight operator just came in a dropped a DAT drive on my desk,
asking "Can we hook this up to the 3000? I bet it is faster than  the
internal one we're using."

Depends; what are you using now?

> The drive is an HP SureStore DAT8; Model C1529G. It has two SCSI ports on
the back.
>
> Can I hook this up to my 987? And how would I configure it?

Sure; "DAT's DAT". Though it actually isn't; it's DDS. Anyway, the C1529G is
the older mechanism of the HP SureStore DAT8e, and is a standard 4-8GB DDS2
mechanism. It's functionally equivalent to the C1533A and C1599A parts. WRT
speed, DDS2 is rated for something like 22MB/minute uncompressed, and I
routinely see 30-40MB/min, with occasional bursts up to the 50MB/min range,
on my C1533.

For configuration purposes, tell SYSGEN the ID is HPC1530B. Or 33A. Or 33B.

Like all HP DDS2 drives I've seen, it will refuse to write onto non-MRS
media unless you open up the box and switch the third position on the DIP
switch on the bottom of the mechanism.

Steve