[Coco] SCSI tape driver for OS-9?

[Boisy G. Pitre]

Steven,

With the specification for the SCSI command set in hand for your  
particular tape drive, it would be relatively easy to write a driver,  
but a file manager would be necessary to logically process the data  
and provide a common interface for tape-style drivers.  While years  
back such an endeavor would have been worthwhile, the proliferation of  
data storage options for the CoCo today obfuscates the need for  
supporting tape backup solutions, as I'm sure you're well aware.  You  
just want to see that old tape drive take orders from your CoCo :)

Years ago when I worked for Microware, I ran across a version of tar,  
as well as SBF (Sequential Block File manager) for OS-9/6809, a  
component that would be necessary for processing sequential tape data  
under OS-9, but that's the closest I have seen a 6809 system come to  
actually having the software components for a tape backup system, let  
alone the hardware.

Boisy


On Jul 15, 2009, at 6:37 AM, Steven Hirsch wrote:

> Just curious if anyone has seen a tape driver for OS-9 or any tar- 
> like applications for backup?  I have a Cloud-9 SCSI cartridge and  
> would love to use one of my older streaming tape drives for backup.
>
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