15 Jun
2023
15 Jun
'23
9:36 a.m.
Hello,
I have a number of DC1000 tape cartridges, with and without relevant data on them.
I have 2 questions:
1. Has anybody the IRWIN TFORMAT software?
2. I want to make images from the cartridges.
Has anybody done this?
We tried with Linux Mint, but the drive is unknown.
Thanks in advance
Lothar
15 Jun
15 Jun
2:04 p.m.
On 6/15/23 02:36, Lothar Schröder via cctalk wrote:
Hello,
I have a number of DC1000 tape cartridges, with and without relevant data on them.
I have 2 questions:
1. Has anybody the IRWIN TFORMAT software?
2. I want to make images from the cartridges.
Has anybody done this?
We tried with Linux Mint, but the drive is unknown.
I still have the Irwin software somewhere. There also appears to be a
copy of Irwin Eztape for DOS/Windows online at WinWorld PC
https://winworldpc.com/product/ez-tape/3x-win
Doubtless there are other copies out there.
For these old floppytape drives and Linux, you need to go back to a very
old version of Linux, say, Debian Sarge and install and configure the
ftape driver software. I believe that you need a Linux with a kernel
earlier than 2.6.
--Chuck
19 Jun
19 Jun
3:50 p.m.
Hello
I believe I have the software at home, but I will not be able to check it before Tuesday,
as I am out of town for the time being. As far as I remember, the IRWIN drive (at least
the one I have) was seen as a floppy disk, and had to be connected to the floppy
controller.
I’ll be back
Nico
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Hello,
I have a number of DC1000 tape cartridges, with and without relevant data on them.
I have 2 questions:
1. Has anybody the IRWIN TFORMAT software?
2. I want to make images from the cartridges.
Has anybody done this?
We tried with Linux Mint, but the drive is unknown.
Thanks in advance
Lothar
4:13 p.m.
Several versions of EZTape are on Minus as well.
https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/software/software.htm
There is a TFORMAT.COM in the 1.13 version.
Hello,
I have a number of DC1000 tape cartridges, with and without relevant data
on them.
I have 2 questions:
1. Has anybody the IRWIN TFORMAT software?
2. I want to make images from the cartridges.
Has anybody done this?
We tried with Linux Mint, but the drive is unknown.
Thanks in advance
Lothar
4:16 p.m.
Hello Lothar
I checked my stock, and found the drive . Irwin Rhomat model 285-EE-10.
Sorry, but I could not find the software
Regards
Nico
On 2023-06-19 17:50, Nico de Jong via cctalk wrote:
Hello
I believe I have the software at home, but I will not be able to check it before Tuesday,
as I am out of town for the time being. As far as I remember, the IRWIN drive (at least
the one I have) was seen as a floppy disk, and had to be connected to the floppy
controller.
I’ll be back
Nico
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Emne: [cctalk] Looking for Tape Control Software TFORMAT for Irwin 110/125 Floppy Tape
Drives
Hello,
I have a number of DC1000 tape cartridges, with and without relevant data on them.
I have 2 questions:
1. Has anybody the IRWIN TFORMAT software?
2. I want to make images from the cartridges.
Has anybody done this?
We tried with Linux Mint, but the drive is unknown.
Thanks in advance
Lothar
9:42 p.m.
I have an Irsin 225 drive and associated software. I can post the
latter if you'd like.
--Chuck
20 Jun
20 Jun
5:08 p.m.
I have the same ftape drive and looking for a suitable solution to use
tapeutils/dd on it.
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 12:42 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I have an Irsin 225 drive and associated software. I
can post the
latter if you'd like.
--Chuck
5:41 p.m.
On 6/20/23 10:08, Plamen Mihaylov via cctalk wrote:
I have the same ftape drive and looking for a suitable
solution to use
tapeutils/dd on it.
Have you tried installing the ftape driver on a pre-2.6 kernel Linux?
Old versions of NetBSD had a similar driver installation (used it, but
don't recall the details--probably sometime around NetBSD 5 being the
last one).
Sometime after the 2.6 Linux kernel, the support for ftape was dropped
completely.
Another option might be to look for "hook APIs" in the DOS version of
the Irwin software.
--Chuck
6:08 p.m.
I have 2.2 kernel installed on that particular machine. What
drivers/modules should I use?
On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 8:41 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 6/20/23 10:08, Plamen Mihaylov via cctalk wrote:
I have the same ftape drive and looking for a
suitable solution to use
tapeutils/dd on it.
Have you tried installing the ftape driver on a pre-2.6 kernel Linux?
Old versions of NetBSD had a similar driver installation (used it, but
don't recall the details--probably sometime around NetBSD 5 being the
last one).
Sometime after the 2.6 Linux kernel, the support for ftape was dropped
completely.
Another option might be to look for "hook APIs" in the DOS version of
the Irwin software.
--Chuck
21 Jun
21 Jun
2:04 a.m.
On 6/20/23 11:08, Plamen Mihaylov via cctalk wrote:
I have 2.2 kernel installed on that particular
machine. What
drivers/modules should I use?
You're looking for ftape for your particular distro.
https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ftape-HOWTO.html
also:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/kernel/tapes/!INDEX.html
If you're running the Debian version, the ftape package for Potato is here:
https://sources.debian.org/src/ftape-tools/
Expect a bit of a struggle. Getting these old kernel modules working
can be a bit challenging.
Good luck!
Chuck
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