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- From: shadoe@scott.net (Jack Bucchannan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 1/4" SCSI tape drive (genuine C=)
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 96 07:38:33
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- Antti J. Roppola (ajr@henric.nric.gov.au) wrote:
- : I just scored a genuine C= 1/4" tape drive the other day (as pillaged from
- : a 3000 UX). Now I can get it to work with "Quarterback", and the MAGTAPE
- : command, but what I really want to do is mount it (well I *think* that's
- : what I want to do) so I can write GNUTar tapes to shuffle data between my
- : Amiga and Unix boxes (which are in different locations).
- :
- : Question is, what do I need to set it up? I have GNUTar, and tried to
- : guess a mountlist entry (to no avail).
- :
- : aka, all I want to be able to do is:
- :
- : tar cvf /dev/rst4 /foo/*
- :
- : and tvf, xvf etc.
- :
- : TIA,
- :
- : Antti
- : (Membership Secretary, Canberra Amiga User Society)
- :
-
- Get the TAPE: device form aminet.... not sure where it is located, but I had
- a 3070 just like yours, and this nifty device-handler from Matt Dillon is
- just the ticket. Do a keyword search for 'tape' and you will find it.
-
- -Jack
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