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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
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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
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