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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re:  Archive tape drives for sale
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Date: 11 Oct 90 00:51:02 GMT
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In <04461.AA04461@woodwrk.LoneStar.ORG>, dick@woodwrk.LoneStar.ORG (Richard H. Wood) writes:
>>
>>You don't really need to patch it. The only bad bug is that the DMA chip does
>>not get set up to transfer from memory to the device during a SCSIDirect writew
>>operation. You can kludge your way around this by turning on bit 24 of the
>>address of the memory you want to write out (ie. the data address). Bit 24 is
>>the low order bit of the high byte in the longword of the address. As an
>>example, suppose you wanted to write the contents of location $C00124 to the
>>device... the address you would supply is $01C00124.
>>
>>-larry
>>
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>
>Larry, does this mean your 'tapehandler' just posted to comp.sources.amiga
>actually works with the A2090a?  From/to a SCSI Hard Drive?  If so, is it
>"picky" about the brand/make of tape drive in use? 

First, a clarification. It is not my tapehandler. It was written by Markus
Wandel.

I do believe it does work with the 2090A, though I cannot remember if I used it
with my 2090A, or if I was using the HardFrame by that time. Markus indicated
that he was using a 2090 driving a Northern Telecom 'Flashback' tape drive.

>I'm seriously considering a Wangtek 5150-ES drive.  Will your tapehandler
>work with one of these?  with a A2090a, even? (hope, hope??)

The 5150 _should_ work. It worked on an Archive Viper the one time I tried it.
That was probably on either the HardFrame or the A3000.

> Will other tape drives work?

Most likely. I have used it with the Archive Scorpion and a Wangtek equivalent
to the Scorpion. Markus has used it with the Northern Telecom drive.

-larry

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