Woot! I finally got my HP 7970E (yeah, a year in the making!), HP 88780, and
Overland Data OD3201 9-track tapes all working at the same time. One on
HP-IB, one on SCSI-1, and one on Parallel Port interface. Only my ever
finicky Qualstars got jealous and decided not to play ball. Here is a family
vi
On 10/06/2015 11:54 AM, Rich Alderson wrote:
Of course, that's mostly true for those machines restricted to silly
octets as their native data representation. :->
And one finds odd-byte-sized records not infrequently in big iron--and
then you have to ask "where do most half-inch 9-track tapes
On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 06:54:09PM +, Rich Alderson wrote:
>> But most popular tape
>> labeling schemes will always produce even-lengthed records, so there's no
>> difference.
>
>Of course, that's mostly true for those machines restricted to silly octets as
>their native data representation. :-
From: John Wilson
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 12:33 AM
> On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 09:49:49PM -0700, Marc Verdiell wrote:
>> Your program worked beautifully writing a SIMH format file on my HP 88780
>> tape!
> The difference is that SIMH's native format pads records to even sizes before
> append
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 spe
On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 09:49:49PM -0700, Marc Verdiell wrote:
>Your program worked beautifully writing a SIMH format file on my HP 88780
>tape!
Beauty -- glad to hear it!
The difference is that SIMH's native format pads records to even sizes before
appending the "length" longword, and E11's does
John,
Your program worked beautifully writing a SIMH format file on my HP 88780
tape! Thanks a million. Nothing like sending direct SCSI commands to tape
from DOS. Drivers are overrated ;-).
Marc
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 02:52:36 -0400
From: John Wilson
My "ST.EXE"
Thanks, this looks perfect. And indeed my tape is ID 5 (brainwaves anyone?).
Can you elaborate on the differences between E11 and SIMH? When is it the
same, when will it not be compatible?
Marc
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 02:52:36 -0400
From: John Wilson
My "ST.EXE" pr
On 10/02/2015 11:28 PM, Marc Verdiell wrote:
Chuck,
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
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS
>
> Well that link gave some things to think about - but I was thinking more of a
> generic 'legacy SCSI disks and tapes into a modern computer'
> withou
On Behalf Of Mike Ross
>> Sent: 03 October 2015 09:21
>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>>
>> Subject: Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS
>>
>> Question: will this kind of hookup work with a USB-SCSI converter? If so, are
ver so I think the answer is these don't work
either.
Dave
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross
> Sent: 03 October 2015 09:21
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
>
> Subject: Re:
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 deprecat
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
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