Weird?? When i connect my new tape drive to floppy cable with floopy drive

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 6:54 pm

okay this computer is running windows nt 4.0 and when i only have the floppy installed on the cable the floopy works but when i have the tape drive and the floopy connected the floopy does not work anyomore???? should i try different cable or what? is this defective drive???

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 9:34 pm

WHAT brand/model tape drive? I didn't think they made tape drives that connected to the floppy cable anymore. What is this an old Jumbo tape backup drive?

Usually it connects to the IDE or SCSI bus.

Any jumpers you need to set on the tape drive?

fearfox · Post by **fearfox** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 10:28 pm

its hp colorado T3000 thers no jumpers that i see from here.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 10:58 pm

That was a common problem with their drives back in the old Colorado Jumbo tape days. Guess it hasn't changed.

Read the manual carefully. You may be required to use their ribbon cable. Check their website and see if they have a FAQ.

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Sun Feb 10, 2002 1:38 am

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/Te ... tape+drive

SuperDave · Post by **SuperDave** » Mon Feb 11, 2002 2:13 pm

I went 15 rounds with a T3000 once, and lost a unanimous decision.

Seemed willing to work with the proprietary add-in card, though, even when it wouldn't play well with the onboard floppy controller.