topic Re: HP 7980 Tape Reader in Operating System - Microsoft

HP 7980 Tape Reader

Bryan Lass — Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:34:12 GMT

How can I get it to work on a Windows 2000 Professional System. The system recognizes the drive. It shows up in device manager as an HP 88780 SCSI Sequential but it has a yellow exclamation indicating a problem. It has been set up as SCSI ID 0 and the SCSI Controller runs other SCSI Drives fine. There does not seem to be a driver installed. I tried downloading the HP Library Tape Toolkit and it doesn't support the device.

Does Anyone know what will?

Thank you

Re: HP 7980 Tape Reader

paul courry — Thu, 15 Feb 2001 21:34:11 GMT

Sorry, but that tape drive originally went SCSI in 1992. It seems that the words Microsoft and HP7980 are non sequitors.

Sorry, I could offer no more.

Re: HP 7980 Tape Reader

Orhan — Mon, 07 Apr 2003 17:13:03 GMT

Dear Sir, Could You help me please to buy a one HP7980 tape Reader?, Where can find the one?Do You know web addressed? As a last question, does it Your HP7980 product support 800 NRZI density setting?
Thank You

Re: HP 7980 Tape Reader

Chris Collingwood_1 — Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:13:37 GMT

Ohran,

Sorry to tell you, but the 7980 does not do 800BPI. Furthermore, it is no longer sold. Reel-to-reel tape drives seem to have become obsolete in every sense of the word.

Regards