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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

5202.0. ""Shadow" Tape Streamer question ?" by DUCK::NONDEP (Il est des fois que je souhaite....) Thu Nov 14 1991 09:13

    
    Dear all,
    
    I'm after some advice on what to do with a CALIPER CP-150 FA
    PN 166638-001-B.
    
    This looks like a tape streamer-old I concead it- but if I can plug it
    on an AMIGA500 at a low cost and find the appropriate tape to use well
    this would improve my system.
    
    Someone told me it is/was and I*M item eventhough it has a badge with
    SHADOW on its front.
    
    Cheers, Patrick
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5202.1PAMSRC::XHOST::BARRETTAnother face in a red jumpsuitThu Nov 14 1991 09:2324
My CBM 3070 is also a Caliper (either a CP-150 or CPS-150, can't remember
which). The label doesn't matter.

I expect that this drive will work fine on your system. You'll need a SCSI
controller, and I suggest getting BTN (Better-Than-Nothing) Tape handler from
the fred Fish Disk.

BTN will allow you to use the tape drive with tar, or AmigaDOS commands. The
latest version also lets you append to the end of tape that already has stuff
on it. It supports a wide range of devices and controllers, including the 2090
controller which normally would have some SCSI problems. This is all 2000/3000
oriented, so I don't know what 500 controllers you can use, so you might want
to send out the doc files in BTN first. It uses standard SCSI access, so the
odds are in your favor that a good controller will work even if not listed.


The tapes you need are 3M 6150.



Hope this helps.


Keith
5202.2More info/help pleeease !DUCK::NONDEPIl est des fois que je souhaite....Thu Nov 14 1991 09:4813
    Keith,
    
    Thank you for your prompt and very clear response.
    
    Can you or someone else help me a bit more.
    
    1- I need help in obtaining the latest version of BTN from Fish disk. 
    I haven't got any downloading facility.
    
    2- Can someone confirm what I need to buy as controler, bits & pieces
    to connect the tape to an AMIGA500
    
    Cheers, Patrick getting all excited....
5202.3Price for CALIPER CP-150 ?CRISPY::NONDEPIl est des fois que je souhaite....Thu Nov 21 1991 14:026
    Keith,
    
    Can you tell me the price you paid for your tape streamer.
    
    Cheers, Patrick  Patrick Nonde @wlc or DTN 830 1206
                     CRISPY::NONDEP
5202.4PAMSRC::NOCLUE::BARRETTAnother face in a red jumpsuitFri Nov 22 1991 16:168
    It's about $800 - overpriced IMHO. I bought it because I also run
    unix and wanted to eliminate any problems with using the same tape drive
    under both OS's. If I had only AmigaDOS, I'd probably buy a different
    drive. I would have considered any drive supported by BTN (see fish
    disks).
    
    
    Keith
5202.5The hunt has started for BTN !DUCK::NONDEPIl est des fois que je souhaite....Sat Nov 23 1991 03:085
    Keith,
    
    Thank you for the price. I'll now be hunting for BTN here in the U.K.
    
    Cheers, Patrick