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.