9 Dec
2012
9 Dec
'12
4:35 p.m.
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Keven Miller (rtt)
<kevenm at reeltapetransfer.com> wrote:
I have and use a RATOC System U2SCXU (usb-hd50).
With a couple other adaptors (hd50 gender changer, hd50-hd68)
I usually connect to a SLR5 tape drive for tape reading and on occation,
also a DAT24 drive (dds3).
<hobby_plug> www.3kranger.com/3ktapes.shtm </hobby_plug>
I use Cygwin with the commands "mt" for tape control and "dd" to read
with.
Interesting...this cable is hard to find (only one on eBay, at a
laughable $179) but it happens to look exactly (save for the color of
the plastic shell) like the MicroTech USB-SCSI-HD50 I have here. The
last driver for the MicroTech was for Windows 2000, although I read on
one user's blog that he he got it to work in WinXP (albeit 32 bit
only.) OSX support also ended around 10.3 or 10.4
RATOC's site says their adapter is supported through Win7x64.
However, that driver download is behind a registration wall. I'd
really like to see if their driver would work with this earlier
MicroTech version of the device. Since you're using Cygwin, I am
guessing you are using Windows as well.
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jht