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- From: rhealey@rogue.digibd.com (Rob Healey)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: A3070 tape drive, Amiga Unix, and AmigaDOS
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 23:28:50 GMT
- References: <Dec18.211722.23733@cdsac.uucp>
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- In article <Dec18.211722.23733@cdsac.uucp>, scotte@cdsac.uucp (L. Scott Emmons) writes:
- |> Does anyone know if the A3070 tape drive is compatable with the BRU
- |> program (called by the HDBackup program) in AmigaDos?
- |>
- Yes, BRU uses scsi.direct.
-
- |> Software Hut (180093AMIGA) is selling A3070 drives for $349, which
- |> is quite a good price...Are there any better deals on tape drives?
- |> Will I have to buy the special ROMs for compatibility if I buy a
- |> different drive, or are the ROMs just for speed (A3070 is advertised
- |> at 3Megs/Min).
- |>
- You can't read the 60M format as the 3070 has ROMs that
- sacrifice the 60M format in favor of higher speed.
-
- |> Also, is Amiga Unix still shipped on 150MB tapes? I had heard at one
- |> time that it was going to be shipped on 250MB tapes starting with
- |> release 2. My Amiga Unix was preinstalled by the dealer, and thus I
- |> have no idea about what tape format it was...
- |>
- If you can get AmigaUNIX 2.1 it is a 250M format tape. 3070's do
- just fine with 250M tapes. The urban legend is that you stick
- with one size, 150M or 250M, and never switch or else you do weird
- stuff to the tape heads.
-
- -Rob
-