tss@lanl.gov (Timothy S Sullivan) (03/27/90)
Can someone help me locate information on a company that supplies a board that allows one to back up your hard disk to a standard videotape recorder? I remember seeing an ad a few months ago, but don't remember where or the name of the company. Please email direct to tss@lanl.gov. Thanks, Tim Sullivan
mikey@shuksan.UUCP (Mike Fields) (03/28/90)
In article <46808@lanl.gov>, tss@lanl.gov (Timothy S Sullivan) writes: > Can someone help me locate information on a company that supplies > a board that allows one to back up your hard disk to a standard > videotape recorder? I remember seeing an ad a few months ago, > but don't remember where or the name of the company. Please > email direct to tss@lanl.gov. > > Thanks, > Tim Sullivan There is a company in seattle called omnitronix which makes a VCR backup board for about $180. I have one and while it seems to function OK, I have had some questions which I can not get them to answer. There is a program called 'findrom' or something like that which is used to locate available memory space (the card is memory mapped). Their findrom program does not agree with a little program I wrote - we agree on some of the ROM space, however, we do not agree on what is free and what is RAM (if I get 0xff and can not change it I assume that it is RAM. I also dump the following 8 bytes for each block to see if that shows anything other than 0xff). I have called them several times to see if I could talk to the guy who wrote the code - they say (chris) that they will call me. So far, I have not been able to get an answer in 6 weeks. Until I know which of us is wrong, I am a bit hesitant to use the board in the system with other hardware running. If you are interested, their number is (206) 624-4985. Other than that 'problem', it seems to work OK. You do have to play with the 'sharpness' control on your VCR and run a test program, but it is not bad. -- Mikey (yes "he likes it!") ======================================================= Mike Fields uw-beaver!ssc-vax!shuksan!mikey (206) 393-3768 [work] 12022 NE 138th Pl. (206) 821-3492 [home] Kirkland, Wa. 98034