SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
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   SIDEWINDER 50 EXTERNAL

   Device Type            External Tape Drive                     
   Interface              SCSI-2 Fast/Wide                        
   Format                 AIT-1                                   
   Sustained Transfer     3MBPS (Native), 6 to 9MBPS (Compressed) 
   Rate                   
   Size                   5.25 in. half height                    
   View                   Bottom                                  

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   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                 USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS                 |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |               Setting               | Label |   Position   |
   |-------------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Parity check enabled            | JP1/1 |     Open     |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |   | Parity check disabled           | JP1/1 |    Closed    |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Factory configured - do not     | JP1/2 | Unidentified |
   |   | alter                           |       |              |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Factory configured - do not     | SW2/1 | Unidentified |
   |   | alter                           |       |              |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Factory configured - do not     | SW2/2 | Unidentified |
   |   | alter                           |       |              |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Factory configured - do not     | SW2/3 | Unidentified |
   |   | alter                           |       |              |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Factory configured - do not     | SW2/4 | Unidentified |
   |   | alter                           |       |              |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Termination enabled             | SW2/6 |      On      |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |   | Termination disabled            | SW2/6 |     Off      |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Data compression enabled        | SW2/7 |      On      |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |   | Data compression disabled       | SW2/7 |     Off      |
   |---+---------------------------------+-------+--------------|
   |>> | Factory configured - do not     | SW2/8 |      On      |
   |   | alter                           |       |              |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                      DRIVE SELECT ID                       |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Note: To configure the tape drive's SCSI ID, you must set  |
   | SW1 to the desired ID number. The SCSI ID number is        |
   | viewable through the viewing window on SW1. The address is |
   | shown in hexadecimal form.                                 |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                TERMINATION POWER SELECTION                 |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |                     Setting                     |  SW2/5   |
   |-------------------------------------------------+----------|
   |>> | TERMPWR supplied by drive                   |    On    |
   |---+---------------------------------------------+----------|
   |   | TERMPWR supplied by SCSI interface to drive |   Off    |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |              MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDED MEDIA               |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Tape  |     Capacity Without     |      Capacity With      |
   |       |       Compression        |       Compression       |
   |-------+--------------------------+-------------------------|
   | AIT-1 |           25GB           |      50GB to 75GB       |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+

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   +------------------------------------------------------------+
   |                     DIAGNOSTIC LED(S)                      |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |LED1|    LED2    |    LED3    |    LED4    |   Condition    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |  Variable  |  Variable  |  Variable  |    Power on    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   |Off |    Off     |    Off     |    Off     |   Power off    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |    Off     |    Off     |    Off     |No drive or SCSI|
   |    |            |            |            |    activity    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |     On     |    Off     |    Off     | SCSI activity  |
   |    |            |            |            |      only      |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |Quick flash |Quick flash |    Off     | Write-enabled  |
   |    |            |            |            |   tape being   |
   |    |            |            |            |   loaded or    |
   |    |            |            |            |    unloaded    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |Quick flash |Quick flash |     On     |Write-protected |
   |    |            |            |            |   tape being   |
   |    |            |            |            |   loaded or    |
   |    |            |            |            |    unloaded    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |    Off     |     On     |Quick flash | Cleaning tape  |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |    Off     |     On     |    Off     |Tape loaded - No|
   |    |            |            |            | drive or SCSI  |
   |    |            |            |            |    activity    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |     On     |     On     |    Off     | Tape loaded -  |
   |    |            |            |            |Activity on SCSI|
   |    |            |            |            |    bus only    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |Quick flash |     On     |    Off     | Tape loaded -  |
   |    |            |            |            | SCSI and drive |
   |    |            |            |            |    activity    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |  Variable  |     On     |     On     |Write-protected |
   |    |            |            |            |  tape loading  |
   |    |            |            |            |   into drive   |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |  Variable  |  Blinking  |  Variable  |  Media error   |
   |    |            |            |            |(loaded tape has|
   |    |            |            |            | excess errors) |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |Unidentified|Unidentified|  Blinking  |Tape heads need |
   |    |            |            |            |    cleaning    |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |Unidentified|Unidentified|Double flash|   Self-test    |
   |    |            |            |            |    failure     |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On | Slow flash |Unidentified|Unidentified|Hardware failure|
   |    |            |            |            | - Waiting for  |
   |    |            |            |            |     reset      |
   |----+------------+------------+------------+----------------|
   | On |Unidentified| Slow flash |Unidentified|Hardware failure|
   |    |            |            |            | - Waiting for  |
   |    |            |            |            |     eject      |
   |------------------------------------------------------------|
   |Note: The color of the LED's are unidentified.              |
   +------------------------------------------------------------+