[comp.sys.ibm.pc] need swan tape backup info

grossman@bbn.com (Martin Grossman) (10/12/88)

I've used the hardware/software to backup a 35MB drive and a 20MB
without any problems.

What I need now is low level routines so I can write my own programs
to read/write the tape.

product misc info
	Tussey Computer Products
	SWAN internal 40MB tape backup system.
	DC2000 cassettes

hardware misc info
	DC2000 contains 200 feet of .25 inch tape
	tape drive plugs in instead of floppy drive B on a XT
	(drive can also be in addition to 2 floppies if using
	a cable with one A connector and two B connectors)

software misc info
	20 tracks of 68 segments each
	each segment holds 32K infomation
	thus total is 1360 segments * 32K = 42.5 MB
	minus 1.7MB ECC data = 40.8 MB user data.