Colorado 250 MB tape drive

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Tue Dec 2 21:18:36 2003

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Gary Hildebrand wrote:

> Found this in the rubble, and can't find diddly on the internet about
> it.
>
> ISTR it was tied into the floppy drive controller, and it has the 34 pin
> header that matches?
Yes. Or attached to a "high-speed" controller, which was just a
souped-up, dedicated controller chip with a higher clock rate.

> No other identifying numbers, but I think it might be a DJ-20C. QIC-80
> cartridge, maybe?
QIC-80.

> I'd just like to see if it works with my Linux box here or not. Might
> just delegate to the junk Windoze box instead, if it does work.
Yes, use the "ftape" driver.

--f

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