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From: leekil@athena.mit.edu (Lee 'S' Kilpatrick)
Subject: Re: IBM Tape backup for the Amiga?
Message-ID: <1991Jun15.232010.19693@athena.mit.edu>
Keywords: tape backup harddisk
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Date: Sat, 15 Jun 91 23:20:10 GMT
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In article <1991Jun14.123430.27128@ns.network.com> guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) writes:

>Second, and along that line, it is possible to take that Compuadd unit (up to
>120megs with compression and priced at $268) and create a cable to plug into
>the floppy connector of the Amiga also...   My problem is I am not a Software
>person and this type of hookup would need a way to send the proper commands to
>the tape drive from the Amiga.   I own a Bridgeboard so I could just plug it in
>to it's external drive and use Tar or something, to send my stuff on the Amiga 
>side over to the Bridgeboard side - and then onto the tape drive.  I'd rather
>create something that is useful for all Amiga owners; Bridgeboard or not!  
>
>Anyone tempted to write the proper code to do this?  I would make the pinout of
>the tape drive to Amiga drive PD of course and would expect that a simple dump
>routine would be made PD also as to let ALL Amiga'ns profit from the info.  I
>could see a small shareware fee if the program is good enough...  I just hate to
>pay these inflated prices for a SCSI tape backup setup, or $250 more for a unit
>that does what the IBM units do!  
>
>Anyways, enough ramble'n.  I just wanted the see if there was interest in this
>sort of thing?


I'm interested in this.  But does it really need extra code to make it work
on the Amiga?  Does it require a special piece of software to make it work
on an IBM?  I recall a document that came out in PD many years ago (probably
around 85 or 86) that showd the wiring required to hook an IBM 5 1/4 floppy
to the amiga, for use as dh2: or whatever (with diskchange required).  The 
connection would be the same, and if no additional software would be required
for the IBM version, none would be needed for the Amiga, either.. or would
it?  I can't find the doc I refer to right now, however.


	Lee




