robl@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Luursema) (12/07/90)
Hi, I am looking for a Tape backup utility to be used with ADAPTEC SCSI controller (AHA1542) with Archive 150Mb viper streamer under MSDOS (4.01) I am using (on a different machine) the utility 'QSV' from Archive on a QIC02 tape streamer. Since the tapes are exchangeable between SCSI and QIC02 tape drives, I would prefer to have the same utility that works with the Adaptec SCSI controller. Another question: Is there a utility or device driver (MSDOS) to use the tape as a 'raw' device, like UNIX does? If that would be possible, I could read/write CPIO or TAR tapes under MSDOS. I would very much appreciate to have such program. I would like to hear from every one who has any info on this matter. Rob. -- #---------------------------------------# ______ # Rob Luursema, BS-HW, V1b2 ext 2246 # /____ / organized # Philips Information Systems Apeldoorn # /____ / like the # Domain: robl@idca.tds.philips.nl # /____ / tower of # UUCP: ..!hp4nl!philapd!robl # /____ / pisa ... #include <std/disclaimer> # /____ / #---------------------------------------# ======== A good workman is known by his tools
david@talgras.UUCP (David Hoopes) (12/10/90)
In article <1070@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl> robl@idca.tds.philips.nl writes: > >Is there a utility or device driver (MSDOS) to use the tape as a 'raw' >device, like UNIX does? >If that would be possible, I could read/write CPIO or TAR tapes under >MSDOS. I would very much appreciate to have such program. > >I would like to hear from every one who has any info on this matter. > We have a product called OEM_TSR that can do what you want for some of our tape drives. It is a tsr. Once it is loaded into memory an application program can open the tape drive with a standard open command and write to it as if it where a file. It has some limitations. All reads and writes must be in blocks of 8k. But if you make your cpio or tar tape with an 8k blocking factor you should be able to read them back on the dos side ( of course you have to write your own DOS version of tar or cpio to get your data back.) We have versions for our FS-150 (QIC-150) and our FS-1300 (1.3g Dat drive). I don't know the pricing. Call the number in my signature and ask for sales to get details. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Hoopes Tallgras Technologies Inc. uunet!talgras!david 11100 W 82nd St. Voice: (913) 492-6002 x323 Lenexa, Ks 66214