🚀 go-pugleaf

Hello,

I have trouble with my tape streamer.  Both the CMS Jumbo 250MB and the
Archive 5580 give me a headache if I place them in my computer
(I80386-33DX cache), the last tape streamer also won't work in another
computer, I tried).  I tried a lot but I can't find what is coursing it
(if I assume it is only one bad component).  If I assume that it is a kind
of timing problem then I can explain most of the errors.  One of my
problems, to be able to make the right conclusions, is that I don't know
much about the communication between the software, floppy controller and
the tape streamer.
So what I want to know:
When a piece of software formats a tape, what is the role of:
* the software
* floppy controller
* tape streamer
and, which adds what to the, software conclusion, if a block on the tape
is bad.

With respect to the above mentioned problems and my common interest:
I'm also interested in information on "how to write a program for a QIC-80
tape streamer".  I already know that I can get the source code of the
QIC-80 software from Linux.


If you are so kind to reply, please do so by e-mail, since I don't read
this area so often,


Perry Egelmeers