QIC-40 Tape Driver?

[karl]

In article <408 at dalek.UUCP> sjb at dalek.UUCP (Seth J. Bradley) writes:
>...  Does anyone know of a driver
>available for the QIC-40 interface for V/AT?  Will Microport
>ever offer QIC-40 support?  Enquiring minds want to know!
>
>-- 
>Seth J. Bradley     UUCP: uunet!lll-winken!dalek!sjb
>		Internet: lll-winken.llnl.gov!dalek!sjb

I don't know about Microport, but I bought an Archive Qic-40 to play with
with the hopes of writing a drive for it.  Well...I'm sure it could be done
(Although...SLOW) but archive has flat out refused to release any information
about the interface electronics or any hints on programming it!  I don't
see how a UNIX version of their software would hurt their company, but they
seem to think so.  If anyone has any secret information about QIC-40, please
let me know...I'll write the driver.  Otherwise anybody want to but a cheap
tape drive?

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