Wangtek DC-300 drive and controller

[Joe R.]

At 09:26 PM 11/12/05 -0800, you wrote:
>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.
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>What's the interface to the controller?  SASI?  Anyone know what the
>command set might be?

   If that came out of a Tektronix 4051 then Mike Haas has the pinouts for
it along with the 4051 schematics.

     Joe

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>Cheers,
>Chuck
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