Xref: utzoo unix-pc.general:1385 comp.sys.att:4253 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ethos!bacchus!darren From: darren@bacchus.UUCP (Darren Friedlein) 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: <688@bacchus.UUCP> Date: 20 Sep 88 00:48:34 GMT References: <495@icus.islp.ny.us> <358@gizzmo.UUCP> Reply-To: darren@bacchus.UUCP (Darren Friedlein) Organization: The Humanities Forum - Research Triangle Park; Durham, NC Lines: 32 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: >>I have a question for the net... I have in my possession a 3B1 tape >>controller board and the driver software. My question is can I get >>a tape drive that is similar in operation to the 3B1's? > > >Yes, you can find a Cipher drive at numerous surplus dealers. The Cipher >drive IS the ATT drive. They are even in the same case. I have seen >them for as low as $100.00. Since the tape drive runs off a floppy interface, would anyone be willing to write a tape driver to run a tape drive off /dev/rfp020? (hint, hint, Lenny :-) Also - can it be made to run a >20M tape drive (like 40 or 60?) 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? -darren ____ / \ | Rt 4, Box 416, Durham, NC 27703 _____|_____ Darren G. Friedlein data (bacchus) : 919/596-7746 / | \ voice : 919/596-9492 ( | ) \____/ __/ {mcnc|icus|ditka|ethos|gladys|bakerst}!bacchus!darren