--On Friday, May 16, 2003 11:42:09 +0930 Richard Russell <richard AT 
yellowgoanna DOT com> wrote:

> Hi amanda-users...
> 
> I haven't received any response to this email, and was wondering if it's
> because I'm in the wrong forum, or perhaps haven't given enough
> information... or just that no-one happens to know anything about the
> ALT 4/52 (which, I have discovered, appears to be a Quantum product,
> similar to the ALT 7100) . . . Could someone give me a tip as to how to
> find out the information that i need?

Probably no one here knows anything about an ALT 4/52.  Are you sure it's
not an ATL 4/52 ? If so, some Googling shows it has a 68-pin SCSI-2
fast/wide differential interface.  Also might have firstbeen made by Odetics
then ATL which is now apparently part of Quantum. Has up to 4 DLT-4 drives,
52 tapes, is 23"x44"x32", and weighs 380 lbs.  Changer uses a separate
SCSI-ID from the drives, and a separate SCSI connector for each drive and
the changer, and possibly a (serial?) console port.
  You can buy one new in box on eBay for $4500 or less.  Also were rebranded
by DEC, Sun, and others. First press release on it I found was from 1997.
Apparently first sold with DLT-4000 drives and later with DLT-7000 drives.

Frank

> 
> Cheers
> 
> rr
> 
> -- 
> Richard Russell
> Yellow Goanna P/L
> m: +61 412 827 805
> e: richard AT yellowgoanna DOT com
> w: http://www.yellowgoanna.com
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org 
>> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Richard Russell
>> Sent: Thursday, 15 May 2003 2:01 AM
>> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
>> Subject: Tape Robots
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I'm rather new to Amanda, new to tape Robots, somewhat 
>> unfamiliar with the finer points of SCSI, and am completely 
>> new to this mailing list. Bear with me :)
>> 
>> I am about to acquire a tape robot. All I know about it is 
>> that it's an "ALT 4/52" with 3 DLT4000 drives, and an 
>> "Ultra-Wide Differential SCSI" interface. Unfortunately, 
>> that's all I know. My two questions, in brief, are "will I be 
>> able to make this work with Amanda under Linux?", and "what 
>> sort of SCSI card will I need?"
>> 
>> Does anyone have any information that will help me here?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> rr
>> 
>> -- 
>> Richard Russell
>> Yellow Goanna P/L
>> m: +61 412 827 805
>> e: richard AT yellowgoanna DOT com
>> w: http://www.yellowgoanna.com
>> 
>>