From: dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca (Doug Evans) Subject: Re: Colorado tape drives. Compatibility? Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 16:48:32 GMT
a0356514@let.rug.nl (H.H. Bergman) writes:
>You need a special driver for those 'floppy-tape-drives'. I am working on
>a driver for QIC-02 drives [bete test version available from banjo], but it
>won't work with Colorado drives, or any QIC-40/80 drives because the interface
>is totally different. A few months ago, there were some people in comp.os.minix
>[remember Minix? ;-)] working on writing a driver. They appeared to have
>sufficient info to do it, but I have no idea how far they got.
Those interested in trying to tackle writing a driver should start with
sending a letter to
QIC Drive Standards, Inc.
311 East Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
93101
and ask them for documents QIC-80, QIC-107, QIC-117, and QIC-122.
They are (or at least were) free. You can also call them: (805) 963-3853.
-- Doug Evans | "You're just supposed to sit here?" dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca | - Worf in a mud bath.