I had one of those same drives with the same problem.  The company informed me
that Win 98 does not support tape drives on the floppy controller.  They told
me there would be nothing I could do short of getting the controller card they
offer.  Seemed like too much money for such a small tape drive...

Troy Havard

Harlen Linke wrote:

> Hi All...
>
>    I'm quickly saying hi and thanx... you all know what I mean...
>
>    Just wondering... have a Colorado Jumbo 250 tape drive that was just put
> into an upgraded machine with Windows 98 SE... it's being seen by
> windows... but the software can't get the tape to start... after about 2
> hours, it finally errors out with a "Can't engage motor", or some such.
> I've been to the HP site, with no luck finding drivers or software. By what
> it sounds, the Jumbo 250 is not supported for Win98... can anyone confirm
> that?
>
>                                         Thanx again...
>
>                                         Harlen Linke
>
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