well, we at hack42 are discussing a pertec to usb converter based on a
microcontroller. pertec seems straightforward, now how to present the
drive to the os...
Simon
On 03-10-15 10:20, Mike Ross wrote:
Question: will this kind of hookup work with a USB-SCSI converter? If
so, are there any specific brands and models known to work? I'm
interested in both SE & differential, 50 pin & 68 pin.
Or does it need a traditional Adaptec or similar card?
Preferably under Linux; Windows possible but deprecated.
Mike
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 7:52 PM, John Wilson <wil...@dbit.com> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:28:49PM -0700, Marc Verdiell wrote:
Thanks for your STP2T02.exe SCSI tape to SIMH program. Ran like a champ
under Win98 DOS, first time. It's the only utility that did work out of the
box to read a tape from my SCSI-1 HP 88780 9-track into a SIMH file, out of
the 5 or so I tried. Before I jump to Linux, which seems to be the more
straightforward option, does anyone have the reverse tool to write a SIMH
image file on a 9 Track tape under Windows/DOS? None of the utilities I
found using Windows Tape APIs could deal with my tape SCSI-1 early
interface, they all expect some basic (SCSI-2?) functions that are not
implemented.
My "ST.EXE" program (available from http://www.dbit.com/pub/ibmpc/util/
including source) runs on real DOS (not Windows) and can write from an
E11-format .TAP file (which SIMH uses a garbled version of, but they're
interchangeable for *even* record lengths which are 99% of the universe)
to a real tape. It works on my HP 88780, and my Qualstar 1260S and even
a DEC TZ30 or TK50Z-GA (which aren't quite full SCSI-1). Not picky at all.
"st wput foo.tap" should write your image out. You need a DOS ASPI driver
for your SCSI card, and you'll need to use something like "-f scsi5:" on
the command line (or set the TAPE environment variable) so ST will know
which SCSI ID (etc.) to use.
John Wilson
D Bit
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