Q: Genoa Systems QIC-02 controller; SCSI?

[leguerri]

Hi,
I have here an ISA controller called "Genoa Systems QIC-02 controller"
that's an 8-bit card.
With a search on the web, I found out it's meant for a QIC-02 tape
drive.
This controller has a 50-pin connector.

I'd like to know if I can use this controller on my XT, as a SCSI controller
for a 50-pin hard drive. If so, do I need a driver? I just intend to use
one hard drive, maybe 2...

Thanks in advance for any information...

 

[Eric Gisin]

If it is a SCSI card, you need an ASPI driver. There is none in Windows.

I suspect it is just a tape controller or a low-end SCSI card cabable of
1MB/s.

 

[F. Robert Falbo]

Hi,
I have here an ISA controller called "Genoa Systems QIC-02 controller"
that's an 8-bit card.
With a search on the web, I found out it's meant for a QIC-02 tape
drive.
This controller has a 50-pin connector.

I'd like to know if I can use this controller on my XT, as a SCSI controller
for a 50-pin hard drive. If so, do I need a driver? I just intend to use
one hard drive, maybe 2...

If the card has a BIOS of some type, you may be able to use it as a drive
controller under DOS without requiring drivers. (Even without a BIOS it may be
useable, but not to Boot from - as in C Tape drive controllers were usually
pretty limited in their usefullness for anything else.

 

[Rob Turk]

Hi,
I have here an ISA controller called "Genoa Systems QIC-02 controller"
that's an 8-bit card.
With a search on the web, I found out it's meant for a QIC-02 tape
drive.
This controller has a 50-pin connector.

I'd like to know if I can use this controller on my XT, as a SCSI controller
for a 50-pin hard drive. If so, do I need a driver? I just intend to use
one hard drive, maybe 2...

Thanks in advance for any information...

This is not a SCSI controller. QIC-02 is an ancient tape controller standard
which happens to use a 50-pin connector as well but that's where all
similarity ends. Without a QIC-02 tape drive and matching software it's
useless.

Rob