3 Oct
2015
3 Oct
'15
4:16 a.m.
I think that the options are limited these days. As far as I can tell the Adaptech USB
Exchange isn't supported past XP. I have no idea if it works as I don't have one
to try. They also seem "Rare and Expensive"
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161840342686
You can get a machine with a traditional PCI slot and use an older Adaptec SCSI adaptor.
(I keep a box of these and a machine with a PCI slot). You can get PCI-Express adaptors
but the cheap ones won't fit in my desktop as it only has a PCI-Express X1 slot and
most of the adaptors need an X4 slot... e.g.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281812515989
and the X1 versions are expensive...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291539495842
and these are both U320 standard so only Low Voltage Differential (LVD) devices will work
and many older disks are 5V single ended...
... of course you can get converters but the price is high
http://www.paralanstore.net/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=60_1
So keep an old machine and pray it does not break.....
Dave Wade
G4UGM
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Ross
Sent: 03 October 2015 11:07
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: Writing SCSI 9-Track Mag Tapes from Windows/DOS
Well that link gave some things to think about - but I was thinking more of a
generic 'legacy SCSI disks and tapes into a modern computer'
without necessarily being tooooo picky about which OS or application to use
with them - but generally yes going to and from physical devices to image
files.
Mike
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 9:47 PM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>
wrote:
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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
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> 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:
> >>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).
Not
picky at all.
"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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For one person, in the dark, where no one will ever know or see.'