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- SGI DAT Goodies, version 1.0
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- This is a simple set of DAT examples. There are three programs here,
- dodat, verifydat, and cdtodat. Dodat is a simple scripting language
- that lets you read & write files to DAT tapes in a frame-accurate
- manner, so you can master your own DATs, or grab just a certain chunk of
- audio off DAT or whatever. cdtodat will copy a CD to DAT. verifydat will
- read the timecode on a DAT and make sure that it is continuous and conforms
- to the DAT spec as I understand it. Each has its own README file with more
- complete information. In the course of writing these examples, I tried
- to make them useful little tools for DAT stuff, but they are by no means
- intended as complete and professional solutions for DAT audio. They are
- supplied as-is and without warranty of any kind.
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- Note that the current firmware (2.63) has some bugs in it which make
- some operations difficult. (The manufacturer of the drives is aware of
- these and intends to fix the problems in newer firmware). These are:
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- 1) writes following seeks are not always frame-accurate.
- 2) writes following reads are not frame-accurate.
- 3) The read-position command does not return the correct position (there
- is an easy workaround for this in dodat).
- 4) The tape drive unloads the tape from the heads after a minute of idle
- time. This will cause immediately subsequent reads to return bad data
- (this has been fixed in newer firmware).
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- I hope you enjoy these programs. Comments, bug reports, additions, etc.
- are welcome.
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- -Doug
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