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From: sas1@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Stuart Schmukler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: 9-track tape support under A/UX
Summary: It should be simple HeH:-) HeH:-)
Keywords: tapedrive 9-track
Message-ID: <4235@sphinx.uchicago.edu>
Date: 13 May 88 16:58:49 GMT
References: <31@fishpond.UUCP>
Reply-To: sas1@sphinx.uchicago.edu.UUCP (Stuart Schmukler)
Organization: U Chicago Computation Center
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In article <31@fishpond.UUCP> fnf@fishpond.UUCP (Fred Fish) writes:
>
>  Is anyone working on, or know of anyone working on, a NuBus
>controller and A/UX driver software for supporting a 9-track drive on a
>Mac-II. 

I know of three groups that have done SCSI drivers for 9-Track tape
drives under the MacOS:
	-Qualstar		(818)882-5822
	-Blackhole Technology	(617)721-7690
	-LASR at The University of Chicago 

You can try to call the people who have done it commerically to see if
it is available under A/UX.

The UofC implementation was a special thing for a NASA project tied to
the Space Shuttle so it status is unclear.  But I believe that the
Apple generic SCSI driver could handle a SCSI based tape drive if
presented with one.  [The only problem the LASR people had was writing
variable lenght blocks under the MacOS, but A/UX is completely
differant.]

No, I have not tried it.  If I could find a SCSI 9-track tape drive,
not in use, I would.

SaS

PS: I have no commerical interest in any of these products.