3 Oct
2015
3 Oct
'15
1:47 a.m.
Seeing as all the programs mentioned appear to only have Windows versions available then
if by "this kind of approach" you meant using the programs mentioned, its not
going to work on Linux "out of the box".
A quick web search shows that at least some SCSI adaptors don't work in the way I
expected
http://forum.silverfast.com/canoscan-2700-and-scsi-usb-adaptator-t4703.html
which implies that rather than present the disk to Windows as a SCSI controller and
devices, the SCSI2USB presents it as a USB storage device. The programs below appear to
expect an ASPI driver so I think the answer is these don't work either.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross
Sent: 03 October 2015 09:21
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
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Subject: Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS
Question: will this kind of hookup work with a USB-SCSI converter? If so, are
there any specific brands and models known to work? I'm interested in both
SE & differential, 50 pin & 68 pin.
Or does it need a traditional Adaptec or similar card?
Preferably under Linux; Windows possible but deprecated.
Mike
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 7:52 PM, John Wilson <wilson at dbit.com> wrote:
On Fri, Oct 02, 2015 at 11:28:49PM -0700, Marc
Verdiell wrote:
Not
picky at all.
Thanks for your STP2T02.exe SCSI tape to SIMH
program. Ran like a
champ under Win98 DOS, first time. It's the only utility that did work
out of the box to read a tape from my SCSI-1 HP 88780 9-track into a
SIMH file, out of the 5 or so I tried. Before I jump to Linux, which
seems to be the more straightforward option, does anyone have the
reverse tool to write a SIMH image file on a 9 Track tape under
Windows/DOS? None of the utilities I found using Windows Tape APIs
could deal with my tape SCSI-1 early interface, they all expect some
basic (SCSI-2?) functions that are not implemented.
My "ST.EXE" program (available from
http://www.dbit.com/pub/ibmpc/util/
including source) runs on real DOS (not Windows) and can write from an
E11-format .TAP file (which SIMH uses a garbled version of, but
they're interchangeable for *even* record lengths which are 99% of the
universe) to a real tape. It works on my HP 88780, and my Qualstar
1260S and even a DEC TZ30 or TK50Z-GA (which aren't quite full SCSI-1). "st wput foo.tap" should write your
image out. You need a DOS ASPI
driver for your SCSI card, and you'll need to use something like "-f
scsi5:" on the command line (or set the TAPE environment variable) so
ST will know which SCSI ID (etc.) to use.
John Wilson
D Bit
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