NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/hardware/34226

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From: [e-mail] (Neal Miller)
Subject: Question: Tape Drive utils and info
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 03:40:37 GMT
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    Well, I finally got a tape drive for my 386, so I can knock down
my total number of floppies.  It's a Colorado Systems Jumbo 250, and I'm
using 3M DC-2120s in it.  So far, I've been pretty happy with it.  The
install time was about twenty minutes, and it probably would've been shorter
if I'd checked out the manuals first.  My only problem is that when I
formatted my first tape, the software told me that I only had about 115.5M
on the tape, rather than the 120 or so I expected.  The second tape gave me
a little more, around 118.8 or so, but still below par.  The software does
not tell me anything about bad blocks (lousy software).  Any idea what I
might be doing wrong?

    Also, a friend of mine is thinking of writing some utilities for
tape drives.  Does anyone know of any shareware (or freeware) utilities
that exist, or failing that, where I might be able to obtain QIC-117 (or
QIC-115) info?

Thanks,


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