ltf@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Lance Franklin) (04/01/89)
I am looking for information on the Irwin Model 310 tape drive, to wit: a) Hardware interface...pin-out on connector, how reading/writing/control of the drive differs from that of a floppy, etc. b) Software interface...does the tape need to be preformatted, how is EOT sensed, what is the usual scheme used in formatting the tape (fixed "tracks" or variable-length records and formatting while writing), whether information can be garnered from the hardware during a fast-forward or rewind (such as counting track separators to aid in skipping files during a file search, or some similar scheme). Having picked up one of the drives for a fairly low price due to the absence of software or documentation, I intend to play around with interfacing the thing to another computer (an Amiga) that has a floppy-disk interface similar, hardware-wise, to the IBM-PC. I would also be interested in hearing about any similar efforts on other machines. Lance -- +-------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+ | Lance T Franklin | | I never said that! It must be some kind of a | | ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US | | forgery...I gotta change that password again. | +-------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------+