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From: frozzboz@zork.demon.co.uk (Keith Davidson)
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Subject: Re: Summit Express Tape drive info
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In article <1tdmhgINN19r@kea.doc.ic.ac.uk> ke@doc.ic.ac.uk (K Evangelinos) writes:
> 
> Does any one know how I can make an SE120 Summit Express tape drive run under 386bsd.
> I bought this tape drive and I can't return it or use it with unix. It only works under DOS.
> 
> 
>  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Please reply to gd4@doc.ic.ac.uk

With difficulty I would suggest as, if its the same as mine, on my DOS box,
it actually sits on the floppy disk controller. (Try using the floppy when the
tape is in use). As the supporting software appears only to be for DOS, you
could either contact the vendor to see if a driver has been written, or attempt
your own. For 'real' tape access, I think you may have to invest in a supported
drive


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