Date   : Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:00:11 -0000
From   : BBCMailingList@... (Ian Wolstenholme)
Subject: Digital Services Digistore Tape Drive

Does anybody have any information about this item?
Visually it's very similar to the Acorn Winchester disc,
same size and colouring with a 1MHz bus connector
at the back and a fan and a black metal front plate
with the tape drive accessible from there.

It takes very chunky DC600A tapes, these are the
biggest tapes I have ever seen at 6 inches across!

The unit seems to work, it powers up OK to all 
intents and purposes and will rewind a tape if you 
wind it on a bit before inserting, but I can't get
the Beeb to recognise it.

ADFS won't touch it, just goes straight to the floppy
drive if I try *MOUNT although the indicator light
on the tape drive flashes with every press of
BREAK, so something is getting through.

I wondered if it needs some special software or
whether there might be a termination problem
since there is only a single 1MHz bus socket on
the back rather than the usual In/Out arrangement.

Best wishes,



Ian