6 Apr
2001
6 Apr
'01
5:05 p.m.
John,
I used to see a lot of the Cipher tape drives in mail/sorting
companies that utilize Cheshire ink jet machines. You can interface the
Cipher with the Pertec interface with a PC using a controller made by
CHI corp. I know there were othermanufacturers of interface cards as
well. If you are lucky enough, Cipher used to make a Pertec to SCSI
adapter that hung off the back of the unit.
Brian.
John Honniball wrote:
On Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:41:43 -0500 "Victor H.
Masi"
<vhmasi(a)conexion.com.py> wrote:
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I' looking for data sheet of the PERTEC
interface,
electrical and timing caracteristics
Are you thinking of the Pertec magnetic tape interface? I
have a Cifer front-loading half-inch magtape drive that
(I'm told) has the Pertec interface. It has two large
50-way ribbon cables coming out of the back.
So, much as I hate to say "Me Too", I'd also like to find
out more about the Pertec interface. Was there ever a PC
ISA-bus card for this? Or a VME (Sun-3) card?
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England