jmh@coyote.uucp (John Hughes) (09/12/90)
I am trying to round up info on how one might go about connecting a 9-track tape unit to a Tandy 16B Xenix system. The hardware end of it appears straightforward, but I have no idea about how to: 1 - set the addressing 2 - establish an interrupt (if any) 3 - write a driver that Xenix 3.02 will agree with and of course, I have absolutely no idea if this is even possible or feasible. It would be really nice, though, to be able to connect a tape drive. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. John Hughes jmh@coyote.UUCP -or- ...arizona!coyote!jmh ps. - I didn't mention hardware specifics since I'm assuming that I'll have to wrap an interface card myself. So I figure that whatever I can get that'll work (probably an old DEC drive or a Kennedy) will do the job. Wow, wouldn't it be cool to have 3 or 4 of the old monster STC drives hooked up to the 16B... :-)