Re: [MiNT] Tape drives and MiNT

[Robert Krenn <robertk@wombat.ludvika.se>]

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Mario Becroft wrote:

> I have just got hold of a 2 GB SCSI DAT tape drive which I want to use
> with MiNT. I don't know anything about tape drives. I presume that tar can
> be used with this drive somehow? Are there drivers for various tape drives
> or are they all accessed in the same way meaning that only one driver is
> needed for all tape drives?

I've used 2 different devices:

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/atari/mint/devices/ehscsi05.tgz	 source only

This one is still a bit beta, or rather nothing after this version has
been released, not any I know of atleast. 


http://home.t-online.de/home/Steffen.Engel/index.htm	version 3.06
ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub3/atari/disk/gemar220.lzh
ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/atari/Utils/Disk/gemar300.zip

GEMAR is shareware, and has some functions disabled, however you don't
have to use gemar.app, instead you use the gemar.xfs.
The xfs is a devicedriver for the tapestreamer so you can use your
favourite tar to archive stuff on the tape.

> The one I have is a Conner model CTD2004H-S//4320NT (according to the
> label) and manufactured in mid-1995.

Dunno about that one, ehscsi and gemar worked with the streamers I have:
Tandberg, Archive Viper and Wangtek.

> I will look at the Seagate WWW site later and see if they still have any
> info about Conner tape drives. But I would be most interested to hear from
> anyone who knows about using tape drives with MiNT.

It worked perfectly fine for me.

//Robert