[cctalk] Re: Pertec controller; was: anybody need 1/2" tape drives?

2022-12-01 Thread Jay Logue via cctalk
On 12/1/2022 12:34 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Don't a few libraries do that without saddling you with a development environment? I assume you mean the IDE?  No reason to use that if you don't want to.  On the rare occasions I do Arduino development (mostly on the excellent Teensy ARM

[cctalk] Re: Pertec controller; was: anybody need 1/2" tape drives?

2022-12-01 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 12/1/22 11:02, David Gesswein via cctalk wrote: > It also gives portability across manufactures for the simple stuff and > a consistant though not the most feature full enviornment that is the same > for each board. You can use the low level functions of the chips if you want > but then it

[cctalk] Re: Pertec controller; was: anybody need 1/2" tape drives?

2022-12-01 Thread Anders Nelson via cctalk
*ESP32 = Xtensa core https://dl.espressif.com/github_assets/espressif/xtensa-isa-doc/releases/download/latest/Xtensa.pdf On Thu, Dec 1, 2022, 2:59 PM David Gesswein via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 04:43:08PM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote: > > On 11/30/22 14:45,

[cctalk] Re: Pertec controller; was: anybody need 1/2" tape drives?

2022-12-01 Thread David Gesswein via cctalk
On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 04:43:08PM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote: > On 11/30/22 14:45, Eric Moore via cctalk wrote: > > I have a kennedy 9100 with an unformatted pertec interface that I would > > love to use for imaging tapes from my AS/400 > > > > It seems like strapping a logic analyzer to the read

[cctalk] Re: Pertec controller; was: anybody need 1/2" tape drives?

2022-12-01 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Dec 1, 2022, at 8:35 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk > wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:10:27PM -0500, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > [...] >> 5V tolerant does not mean 5V compatible. I have right now some 5V devices >> I want to control, and it's not exactly clear whether a 3.3V

[cctalk] Re: Pertec controller; was: anybody need 1/2" tape drives?

2022-12-01 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 12/1/22 05:35, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote> > Anyway, you can usually drive a TTL(-compatible) input from a 3.3V output > because TTL treats anything above 2V as a logic 1. The "usually" caveat is > because there are pathological devices out there, so check those datasheets > to see if

[cctalk] Re: Pertec controller; was: anybody need 1/2" tape drives?

2022-12-01 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 08:10:27PM -0500, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: [...] > 5V tolerant does not mean 5V compatible. I have right now some 5V devices > I want to control, and it's not exactly clear whether a 3.3V device will > drive outputs high enough to reliably make 5V devices see them as