I recently obtained a Qualstar 1260S tape drive. It looks like a wonderful device, and ought to work under Linux (SCSI interface). I've got a couple of questions: 1) Does anyone have a manual for this beast? Qualstar disavows all knowledge of it. You would expect they MIGHT have a manual... 2) I opened it up to remove the SCSI terminator (sucessfully), and looked at the SCSI to Pertec interface board (has buffers, etc..). It looks like the board has options and indicators, and includes a very large pushbutton intended for something. Any info on the options available here? 3) I hooked it up to my Linux box on a SCSI adapter. The driver identified the drive as an "HP 7980S" of all things. Is this "normal"? 4) Lacking a manual, does anyone have setup information for running this under Linux? 5) I've read that there exists someway to get 800 bpi NRZI tapes read with this drive. Any clues here? Is a seperate board needed?? I may not need any information to get something operational, but I'd really like to have some "background" information. p.s. Sending the manual to bitsavers would be a nice gesture. Save postage and all that. Thanks. -- Tom Watson tsw at johana.com ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs