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Re: Any information on 3M SCSI Tape drive *urgent*
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Blachowicz)
Wed Mar 8 16:36:24 1995
To: rr002c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 07 Mar 1995 22:21:33 -0500."
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Reply-to: scott@statsci.com
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 10:05:35 -0800
From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com>
Rajib Rashid <outcast@enigma.cif.rochester.edu> wrote:
> I have traced the code, and I have found that the 'type' code for
> the device is returned '16' (non-existant) when it should be actually 2
> (sequential device). And since the maximum number defined at the kernel
> source is 10, the device is not registered.
Actually, I think the 3M MCD-40 is a "direct access tape drive" - you can
have it seek to specific blocks on the tape & write things there without
having end-of-data marks & such. I've used one on my Amiga & the tape
driver software (btntape-3.0, if you know Amiga software) has some special
code to handle these drives.
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 StatSci, a div of MathSoft, Inc.
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