Wangtek DC-300 drive and controller

Allison ajp166 at bellatlantic.net
Sat Nov 12 23:44:28 CST 2005


>
>Subject: Wangtek DC-300 drive and controller
>   From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
>   Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:26:33 -0800
>     To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
>
>I've got a Wangtek DC-300 tape drive (model 54590) and a controller with a
>5.25" footprint.  The controller has a 50-conductor edge connector keyed
>the same way as the drive connector, so I'm assuming that the drive is
>connected there.  The controller also has a 50 pin male header.  I believe
>the controller is also a Wangtek model WT05ZK.  It's got an 8085A-2 on it,
>as well as the usual support chips (8257 DMAC  AM9128 PIC).  Chip dates are
>1984.
>
>What's the interface to the controller?  SASI?  Anyone know what the
>command set might be?
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck

It might be QIC, QIC02 or QIC24 and definately not SASI or SCSI though 
they existed at the time.

Allison


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