Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:76980 comp.unix.amiga:1063 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmswi!dynam!jmpor From: jmpor@dynam.UUCP (Jean-MarcPorchet) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: A3070 Tape Drive programming Message-ID: <1954b318.ARN03326@dynam.UUCP> Date: 20 Jun 91 17:21:12 GMT References: <1991Jun19.100002.26682@NCoast.ORG> <1991Jun19.171335.4227@news.media.mit.edu> Reply-To: cbmehq!cbmswi!dynam!jmpor@cbmvax.commodore.com Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga,comp.unix.amiga Organization: DYNAMIC COMPUTER Lines: 36 In article <1991Jun19.171335.4227@news.media.mit.edu>, Masaru Sugai writes: > > If AmigaUX is to be release as a software product and A3070 is the only > officially supported tape driver, many users would be no choice but to buy > this drive, even though there are no support for AmigaDOS. Methinks the > advantage of Amiga is powerful hardware and rich PDS, and it's quite > wasteful for both us and CBM not to release programming info at large. > Or should I have opted for WangTek or Archive ? But I might have hassle > in case of AmigaUX as well. I would like additional doc for my A3070 too. I think you can use the drive you want at long it can read and write QIC 150 cartridges. At the moment I use a WANGTEK 5150ES and it work perfectly well under unix and AmigaDos. Under Amigados I use the TapeStore Program from GVP, latest version work on the A3000 and with the A3070. > > >David Lesle uucp: ncoast!lesle > -- > -- Masaru Sugai:Use disclaimer. CIS 72050,2141:NeXT + A3000 = money-eater > NEC Corporation:sugai@ccs.mt.nec.co.jp DORMANT:hardwired logic,machine language > MIT R.Affiliate:masaru@media-lab.media.mit.edu: "Silicon on Sapphire" by CLASH -- PS : forget my bad English, I'm still trying to learn it ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Marc PORCHET Phone : 41 22-754-1733 301 Mandement Road ORG : DYNAMIC COMPUTER 1281 RUSSIN SWITZERLAND UUCP : ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmswi!dynam!jmpor or try mcsun!cbmswi!dynam!jmpor ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Simple things should be simple & complex things should be possible' Alan key