Using Jumbo Colorado Tape Drives with OS/2

Last Updated: 6th May, 1995

Symptoms

   I've tried to use my 250meg Colorado with 'Tape' the program that come 
   with it and i get 'Drive Comunication Failure'.. Under dos, it work #1 no 
   problem.. 

                                            from a recent USENET article

Hardware

250MB Jumbo Colorado Tape Drive

Problem

The software supplied with the tape drive does not run correctly under OS/2.

Fix

Get IBM DualStor for OS/2 from Indelible Blue.

It's about US$ 45 and it will support your Jumbo 250. You don't want to use the DOS TAPE program which shipped with your drive as it is OS/2 unaware - it won't backup the EA files; and, could really screw things up on restores. It is possible to use special utilities to backup and restore the EA files under DOS; but, it isn't worth it with DualStor being so cheap and reliable.

Notes

John Comish (jcomish@gtc.itt.com) writes (1st April, 1995):

HP ( owner of Colorado Memory Systems ) is shipping a very nice OS/2 version of their software for the Trakker and Jumbo drives. I have personally used this with 2.11 full pack, Warp for Windows and Warp full pack with delightful results.

For more details, contact Colorado Memory Systems:

BBS - 303 635-0650 9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, full duplex
FAX back info 800 368-9673 Ask for documents 2031,2032 for OS/2 tape
Sales 800 845-7905, 303 669-6500

Please note: this is a commercial product, not shareware.

Phil "Guido" Cava (pcguido@megamed.com)

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