Date   : Fri, 25 May 2012 11:56:24 +0200 (BST)
From   : johan@... (Johan Heuseveldt)
Subject: Setting jumpers SCSI IDs

Hi,

On Fri 25 May, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 10:46 +0200, Johan Heuseveldt wrote:

> >   The Tape drive was clearly labeled: TEAC  MT-2ST/45S2  27-U. No luck
> >   so far on MDFS. Type of Tape Cassette is still unclear.
> 
> FWIW, the MDFS only works with a particular, special type of tape drive
> which presents itself as a SCSI direct access device (i.e. like a hard
> disk).

Ah yes. The MDFS bible seems to confirm that. Thanks for reminding me!

> The vast majority of tape drives are sequential access and there
> is basically no hope of getting the MDFS to drive them without some
> interposed intelligence.

Using a SCSI ID (older style!) from the normal range 0..3, MDFS does
recognise the divice as a hard drive, showing two partitions.

Using ID 4, MDFS doesn't see the Tape drive.

> My plan, as and when I finish building my house and have time to work on
> the Beeb again, was to use something like an SD card to emulate the tape.

Nice!


Thanks.


Greetings,
Johan

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