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- From: boisvert@idirect.com (Sebastien Boisvert)
- Subject: Re: Using PC parallel tape drives on an Amiga?
- Message-ID: <604.6584T1233T227@idirect.com>
- Date: 12 Jan 96 03:57:04 GMT
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- >Mr. Craig Poxon wrote:
-
- >Remember that all manufacturers of parallel streamers makes their of
- >protocols. Floppy streamers use a standardised protocol called QIC-117.
- >I tried to get som information from Colorado about their protocol (to
- >make a backupprogram for the Amiga) but they refused to co-operate. Too
- >bad.
-
- >Regards,
-
- >Joakim Ogren
- >qtech@mailhost.net
-
- So it is possible to use one of those floppy tape backups on the Amiga, it
- just needs a driver right? Do you know of anyone writing such a driver. I'd
- really be interested in getting one of these drives to work on my A4000.
-
- Regards,
-
- Seb
-
-