In the last episode (Nov 26), Matthias Trevarthan said:
Well, it's been a while since this was posted, but I'm just getting a
chance to re-investigate the possibility of determining my Sony AIT
tape drive's wound position. It would be extremely convenient to read
via the command line in my
Howdy peeps,
I've got a not-so-quick question for ya:
I have a Sony AIT tape drive (one of the nifty 4 tape autoloaders): TSL-SA300C
It has a nice little display on the front that indicates the tape's wound
status. When the tape is fully rewound, the bar graph is full. When the tape
is fully