NAME
ts
—
TS-11/TSV-05 mag tape
interface
SYNOPSIS
ts0 at uba? csr 0172520
DESCRIPTION
The TS-11/TSV-05 combination provides a standard tape drive interface as described in vax/mtio(4). The TS-11 operates only at 1600 BPI, and only one transport is possible per controller.The TS-11 is attached to an UNIBUS, and the TSV-05 is attached to a Q22 bus.
DIAGNOSTICS
- ts%d: no write ring.
- An attempt was made to write on the tape drive when no write ring was present; this message is written on the terminal of the user who tried to access the tape.
- ts%d: not online.
- An attempt was made to access the tape while it was offline; this message is written on the terminal of the user who tried to access the tape.
- ts%d: error at bn%d.
- An error occurred on the tape at block bn; status register and controller state is printed in hex and decimal.
SEE ALSO
tar(1), vax/mt(1), vax/ht(4), vax/mt(4), vax/mtio(4), vax/tm(4), vax/ut(4)
HISTORY
The ts
driver appeared in
4.1BSD.
A new ts
driver showed up in
NetBSD 1.2.
BUGS
Lots of them.