A3070 Tape Drive programming

[Jean-MarcPorchet]

In article <1991Jun19.171335.4227 at news.media.mit.edu>, Masaru Sugai writes:

> 
>   If AmigaUX is to be release as a software product and A3070 is the only
> officially supported tape driver, many users would be no choice but to buy
> this drive, even though there are no support for AmigaDOS. Methinks the 
> advantage of Amiga is powerful hardware and rich PDS, and it's quite
> wasteful for both us and CBM not to release programming info at large.
> Or should I have opted for WangTek or Archive ? But I might have hassle 
> in case of AmigaUX as well.  I would like additional doc for my A3070 too.

  I think you can use the drive you want at long it can read and write
QIC 150 cartridges. At the moment I use a WANGTEK 5150ES and it work
perfectly well under unix and AmigaDos. 

Under Amigados I use the TapeStore Program from GVP, latest version work
on the A3000 and with the A3070.

> 
> >David Lesle                uucp: ncoast!lesle
> -- 
> -- Masaru Sugai:Use disclaimer. CIS 72050,2141:NeXT + A3000 = money-eater
> NEC Corporation:sugai at ccs.mt.nec.co.jp DORMANT:hardwired logic,machine language
> MIT R.Affiliate:masaru at media-lab.media.mit.edu:  "Silicon on Sapphire" by CLASH

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