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- From: DrBob@cup.portal.com (Robert A Rethemeyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Formatting a tape in a 3M MCD-40 drive w/btntape?
- Message-ID: <72903@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 93 21:05:26 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <SCOTT.93Jan4114713@arugula.statsci.com>
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- Scott Blachowicz writes...
-
- >I've got a 3M MCD-40 drive that takes DC2000 tapes. If I buy them
- >pre-formatted, I need the "Gammamat"-formatted tapes. This drive is hooked up
- >to a Supra 4x4 Series II (v1.10) SCSI interface on an Amiga A1000 computer
- >running AmigaDOS 1.3.
- >
- >I send the command to the drive as mentioned in the BTNtape docs, but it
- >doesn't work. I think I used to get a "blank check" error back (no kidding).
-
- You only need to format the un-formatted tapes (duh :-)
-
- You didn't mention which version of BTN you are using. The problem you
- describe is a known problem in BTN v2.0. If you are using that version,
- get BTN v2.1, which fixes it. 2.1 can be found on Fish disk 558 and
- various online sources.
-
- >Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 USPS: Statistical Sciences, Inc
-
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