Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:1391 comp.sys.att:4261 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!n8emr!uncle!jbm From: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Is there any replacement for the FloppyTape drive on the 3B1? Keywords: 3B1, Tape, Cipher 525 Message-ID: <343@uncle.UUCP> Date: 21 Sep 88 11:33:24 GMT References: <495@icus.islp.ny.us> <358@gizzmo.UUCP> <688@bacchus.UUCP> Reply-To: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton) Organization: Just me and my computer, Columbus Ohio Lines: 24 In article <688@bacchus.UUCP> darren@bacchus.UUCP (Darren Friedlein) writes: >In article <358@gizzmo.UUCP> mark@gizzmo.UUCP (mark hilliard) writes: >>In article <495@icus.islp.ny.us> lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes: ... >This could be asking the imposible, but I'm not sure what's involved >in writing such a driver. We sell several 1/2 ht floppy (DC600?) tape >drives where I work (brand names: Archive and Mountain) and they come >with nice documentation which should make deciphering the interface >easier. > >What's the probability? Very good, how about you GIVE me a drive and I'll write the driver? I have written a couple other WD FDC drivers, so this should not be much different. I also have a second machine dedicated to hardware developement. I have a copy of the Reference manual in case there is weirdness connectting the drive. John -- John Bly Milton IV, jbm@uncle.UUCP, n8emr!uncle!jbm@osu-cis.cis.ohio-state.edu home: (614) 294-4823, work: (614) 459-7641; CP/M to MP/M, MS-DOS to OS/2