UNIX utility to read/write Archive tapes

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From: Mark Fontana
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 02:53

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I've written a UNIX utility to read/write QIC 24 tapes in Archive's
FasTape 4.00 format, making it possible to transfer files between 
UNIX and MSDOS using the existing FasTape software.  It works pretty
well, and I plan to make the source available if anyone might
find such a utility useful.  If you'd like to help test it and/or
port it to other systems, please email me.  (Your responses will
determine how much time I should spend adding extra features and writing 
documentation. :)

At the moment, I have tested the program only on Sun Sparcstations
under SunOS 4.1.1, based around the mtio libraries.  Being rather new
at device-specific stuff, I'm not sure how well the tape I/O code will
port to other systems.  But all of the dirty work has been done, so
only slight modifications should be necessary.  It would be
easy to adapt the record format to suit other PC backup software,
such as SyToss (sp?).

Mark Fontana

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