Specifications
Page 1-5Installation Instructions: Roadrunner 040 EAGLE 100/AM-3000M/VME Upgrade
1.5.6AM-355 I/O Bus Compatible Paddle Boards
All AM-355 I/O Bus paddle cards that meet the following revision levels are compatible
with the Roadrunner upgrade.
AM-324 parallel printer boards Revision A08
AM-333 RJE paddle boards Revision A00
AM-355 6-port serial I/O boards Revision A00/B00
AM-358 8-port serial I/O boards Revision C01
AM-359 8-port serial I/O boards Revision C02
AM-362 EtherNet boards All Revisions
1.6ROADRUNNER SCSI TAPE DRIVE REQUIREMENTS
Roadrunner has an on-board high performance SCSI interface incorporated into its
design. To insure a successful installation, you should carefully read the next few
sections dealing with SCSI peripherals and Roadrunner compatibility.
The Roadrunner’s on-board high performance SCSI interface supports both SCSI-1 and
SCSI-2 hard disk and magnetic tape devices. However, because of the potential
performance increase, we highly recommend the use of peripherals that support SCSI-2.
1.6.1Tandberg 1/4" Streaming Tape Drives
In order to warm boot from a Tandberg tape drive, it must be set to a higher numerical
SCSI ID (1 through 6) than any other tape device connected to the SCSI bus.
1.In order to be Roadrunner compatible, the AM-625 Tandberg 150MB tape
drive must have firmware at revision -06:00 or later. You can use the
SCSI.LIT program (included in AMOS 2.2C and 1.4C operating system
releases) to determine the firmware revision of your tape drive. Simply
type in the command SCSI at the AMOS prompt and the program will
display a string of numbers which includes the firmware revision. The
AM-625 is a SCSI-1 device; it cannot be upgraded to SCSI-2. AM-625
backups are not able to span tapes.
2.AM-626 525MB Tandberg SCSI tape drives can be upgraded to SCSI-2 in
two ways. Older models of the TDC 3800 with firmware revisions earlier
than -07:01 must be upgraded by physically upgrading the firmware
PROM located inside the drive (p/n PDB-00626-90). Newer models of the
TDC 3800 with firmware revisions -07:01 or later, use flash ROM similar to
the larger Tandberg 1GB and 2GB streamer drives. The flash ROM type
PDI-00172-60, Rev. A02