>
> I'm happy to say that the tape deck in the external case is recognized
> by the ftape drivers when attached to the floppy interface!
>
> You might add this info to your readme or a faq:
>
> If you have an HP T1000e parallel tape drive, and the performance is
> just not there, or your wondering why you spent the extra money for an
> external drive that you never take any where, it takes ten minutes to
> dismantle the T1000e, and make it a T100.
>
> To open the T1000e case, the gray strip on the right side needs to be
> slid forward about a quarter inch. It is latched at the front and
> back. At the front, the strip needs to be pushed out from the tape slot
> about 1/8 inch, and held while a thin screw driver is inserted in a
> very small hole in the seam of the off-white cases. It will then slide
> forward a short amount, and the case should fall open.
>
> The power connector for the tape deck is the standard for floppy
> devices. Pin one of the ribbon connector is AWAY from the power
> connector. There are no markings that I could see to identify pin one,
> except the square solder pad at pin one.
>
> The tape deck mounts with the circuit board up. There is no integral
> shielding, since the unit was intended for the external case. I
> positioned the tape deck between my floppy and a cdrom, so it has close
> shielding to absorb any emf radiation. My radio and TV do not show any
> adverse affects.
>
> Perry
>
>
Good deal... infact, I'm betting alot of drives could be made to do the
same. If your smart enough, and dig up the documentation, lots of laptops
support fdc on lp port anyhow.... simple to make a converter cable from the
PC style external floppy cable, which I have done several times.
What I don't understand is why these companies just don't use the lp-scsi
protocol, which is actually faster... I suppose it's a ploy by M$ to attempt
to keep us out of the ring. Basically, if it don't work with linux, I either
don't buy it, or I make it myself.
Yours,
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