INT 21 - Greg Shenaut ASPITAPE.SYS - INTERFACE AX = 440Ch BX = device handle CH = category code 07h tape (ASPITAPE.SYS) CL = function 01h "mtop" - perform tape operation 02h "mtget" - get tape status 03h ignore end-of-tape errors 04h enable end-of-tape errors DS:DX -> parameter block (see below) Return: CF set on error AX = error code (see AH=59h) CF clear if successful DS:DX -> data block Notes: This device driver is a simple DOS interface to the Adaptec Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI). It provides the following device names as access to the SCSI tape, 'RMTx' (rewind on close) and 'NRMTx' (NO rewind on close) where x can go from 0 to 3. There may also be the following names 'MTx' and 'NMTx' which default to 1024 byte blocks. The names may also have a '$' appended to try and make them unique from file names of 'RMT0' etc. once opend these devices must be put into RAW mode SeeAlso: AX=4402h"ASPI" Format of mtop parameter block: Offset Size Description 00h WORD operation code 00h "MTWEOF" - write an end-of-file record 01h "MTFSF" - forward space file 02h "MTBSF" - backward space file 03h "MTFSR" - forward space record 04h "MTBSR" - backward space record 05h "MTREW" - rewind 06h "MTOFFL" - rewind and unload 07h "MTNOP" - perform TEST UNIT READY 02h DWORD repetition count Format of mtget parameter block: Offset Size Description 00h BYTE ASPI host ID 01h BYTE SCSI target ID 02h BYTE SCSI logical unit number 03h BYTE device parameters bit 0: drive must use fixed-block read and write bit 7: drive is an ASPI device 04h BYTE current device state (see below) 05h BYTE unit number within driver 06h WORD fixed block blocksize 08h BYTE last SCSI status 09h BYTE last SCSI sense key 0Ah WORD last SCSI opcode (packed) bits 0-7: SCSI operation (SCSI packet byte 0) bits 8-10: SCSI flags (SCSI packet byte 1) bits 11-12: ASPI "Direction Bits" (ASPI SRB byte 3) 0Ch WORD residual bytes from SCSI opcode Bitfields for current device state: bit 0 device currently opened in buffered mode bit 1 drive currently opened in nonbuffered mode bit 2 rewind drive on last close bit 3 drive has been written on bit 4 drive has been read from bit 5 next read will return 0 bytes bit 6 EOM will resemble EOF bit 7 drive may be busy rewinding .