Parallel Port Tape Streamer & Win95

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2 total messages Started by John Titorenko Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:00

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Author: John Titorenko
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:00

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I have a 525Mb parallel port tape streamer which <in DOS :-)> uses an ASPI 
driver and a piece os obscure backup software called "Elite". This tape drive 
is made by "Storage Techniques" - I think they are no longer with us...

Question:- now that I have finally taken the plunge and moved over to Win95, 
does anyone have any suggestions, pointers, or even software that I can use to 
drive a device like this under Win95. I could continue to use it in DOIS mode, 
but it would become a nightmare with the longer filemanes.

Hope you can help.

John T.

Re: Parallel Port Tape Streamer & Win95

#12249

Author: Tom Lake tomlake
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 00:00

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John Titorenko <jptito@renko.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<838459001.24573.0@renko.demon.co.uk>...
> I have a 525Mb parallel port tape streamer which <in DOS :-)> uses an
ASPI 
> driver and a piece os obscure backup software called "Elite". This tape
drive 
> is made by "Storage Techniques" - I think they are no longer with us...
> 
> Question:- now that I have finally taken the plunge and moved over to
Win95, 
> does anyone have any suggestions, pointers, or even software that I can
use to 
> drive a device like this under Win95. I could continue to use it in DOIS
mode, 
> but it would become a nightmare with the longer filemanes.
> 

Well, if it's really a streaming drive, you can't work with individual
files anyway.  Don't you like the way Win95 converts long filenames to 8.3
format?  If not, do this:

Start REGEDIT and open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\
control\ FileSystem.
Then create a binary value named NameNumericTail and set it to 0 (zero).
The tildes and numbers of long filenames are no longer displayed.  Win95
will only start adding numbers if you have more than one short name with
the same 8.3 result.

Tom Lake

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