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| 4815.1 | | ELWOOD::PETERS | | Tue Jun 11 1991 12:29 | 10 |
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It works with the Amigados 2.0 tape utilities and it works with
the VMS backup ( read only ) program I wrote.
Steve Peters
P.S. I used the A3000 SCSI and I tried a GVP controller. Both work.
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| 4815.2 | Details needed... | FSDEV2::JBERNARD | John Bernard 297-2563 MR01-1/L87 | Tue Jun 11 1991 13:45 | 20 |
| Steve,
What does the mountlist entry have to be???
I'm running WB 1.3 on all the systems until 2.0 comes out in rom...
BRU seems to be ok under 1.3, but doesn't recognize Tape: since I
haven't mounted it, I can't mount it since I don't have any
parameters/driver/? for a mountlist entry...
I'm probably missing something simple....
Under the GVP controller, I assume the disk handler would not deal well
with the tape drive, or BRU takes care of the conversion to tape-speak.
sigh... all these different tape drives and all they give me is the
one-finger salute..
John
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| 4815.3 | | ADOVS9::MCGHIE | Thank Heaven for small Murphys ! | Tue Jun 11 1991 15:22 | 2 |
| A DAT drive on the Ami would be nice - except for the price tag. I supose if
you can borrow one from the office...
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| 4815.4 | | ELWOOD::PETERS | | Tue Jun 11 1991 15:55 | 13 |
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I used a TLZ04 while working on VBACK ( VMS compatible backup ).
The version I put on tape directly controls the DAT ( SCSI DIRECT ).
This software was debugged on a A3000 and a A2000 with a GVP
controller. The software works in both cases. The VBACK software
also working under AMIGADos 2.0 ( No mount list required ).
I'll have to lookup my old mountlist for BRU. I tried this once
under AmigaDos 2.0 and it seemed to work O.K.
Steve P.
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| 4815.5 | More info? | FSDEV2::JBERNARD | John Bernard 297-2563 MR01-1/L87 | Wed Jun 12 1991 10:14 | 12 |
| Steve,
The mountlist would be appriciated, thanks.
I thought VBACK was read only of a backup created on a VMS-based
system? I want to use a couple TLZ04's to back up and transfer
between Amiga's at home and at work. Any recommendations on
handlers/software that will support the TLZ04?
Thanks,
John
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| 4815.6 | | ELWOOD::PETERS | | Wed Jun 12 1991 10:50 | 8 |
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VBACK is a read-only of VMS created backup savesets, but this is
only the first step. The plan calls for a fully compatible read/Write
version. All I need is free time.
Steve P.
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| 4815.7 | TA | BAHTAT::BAHTAT::HILTON | How's it going royal ugly dudes? | Wed Jun 12 1991 10:51 | 5 |
| How about tar for the amiga and tar on an ULTRIX machine?
Would this work?
Greg (with a TLZ04 on a DECstation 5000 that does nothing at wends)
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| 4815.8 | | ELWOOD::PETERS | | Wed Jun 12 1991 11:42 | 8 |
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re .7
This is a good idea. The TZK50 version of the tape driver coupled
with the PD TAR program should be able to interchange data.
Steve P.
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| 4815.9 | More Explanation please | BAHTAT::BAHTAT::HILTON | How's it going royal ugly dudes? | Wed Jun 12 1991 12:36 | 10 |
| Steve,
you say you need the TZK50 version of the tape driver? What does that
give me? Can I plug a TLZ04 into the 25 (?) pin adapter on my SCSI
driver, run the program and then tar direct to DAT?
Confused,
Greg
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| 4815.10 | Need to format tape? | FSDEV2::JBERNARD | John Bernard 297-2563 MR01-1/L87 | Wed Jun 12 1991 13:50 | 5 |
| To add to the confusion, does one need to format the tape (TLZ04 or
others) and if so, how?
John
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| 4815.11 | | ELWOOD::PETERS | | Wed Jun 12 1991 14:47 | 33 |
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re .9 .10
Some time back John Guineau and I did some work on a PD version
of a tape driver and TAR program. The PD version of the driver was
written for QIC ( Quarter Inch Cartridge ) tape drives.
I then re-wrote the driver to support variable record tapes (
in this case TK50 ). The TK50 driver will read/write variable block
DAT tapes. This is the same format Ultrix uses to read/Write DAT
tapes.
re .10
You do not format tapes. TAR is limited to writing a dataset on
tape that contains one or more files. TAR is then used to restore the
files to a disk before they can be used.
The files you need are on TAPE::
tape::Amiga:[amiga.hardware]TK50.lzh
tape::amiga:[amiga.hardware]tar.zoo
The TAR zoo contains a manual.
The DAT drive is SCSI and can be connected to the same SCSI
controller that you use for the disks. To use the Tape software
the controller must support SCSI DIRECT commands ( CBM A2091, GVP
controllers, and the hardframe work ).
Steve Peters
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| 4815.12 | Which cable? | BAHTAT::BAHTAT::HILTON | How's it going royal ugly dudes? | Thu Jun 13 1991 05:19 | 5 |
| Assuming my controller does support SCSI direct, is it possible to
purchase a cable which goes from my 25(?) pin SCSI port to the
centronics like plug which is on the back of the DAT/Tk50 devices?
Greg
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| 4815.13 | Mac SCSI cable | ARRODS::GOLDSTEIN | Steve G DTN: 847-5416/5455 | Thu Jun 13 1991 07:17 | 6 |
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The cable you require is available and cost approx �10-�15 (U.K
Pounds). It's a MAC SCSI cable BUT wait till the show on the 27-June
You might be able to get it cheaper...
Steve G
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| 4815.14 | Can VBACK work with the Hardframe? | LODGE::LEN | David M. Len | Thu Jun 13 1991 11:18 | 7 |
| re .6
While we are on the subject of tapes and VBACK. Has anything happened
about the problem I was having using VBACK with the Hardframe
controller. I got some open error. Steve, did you determine that it
was a hardware or software issue? Or that it can't work with the
Hardframe?
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| 4815.15 | | ELWOOD::PETERS | | Fri Jun 14 1991 12:16 | 9 |
| re .14
I have been too busy to fix the problem, but I know exactly what's
wrong. I was using the auto sense feature of SCSI direct. The hardframe
doesn't support this. The code to work around this feature is straight
forward ( I know how to do it ).
Steve P.
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| 4815.16 | Where | BAHTAT::BAHTAT::HILTON | How's it going royal ugly dudes? | Mon Jun 17 1991 15:22 | 5 |
| re. 13
Which show Steve, and where?
Greg
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