TS(4)

NAME
ts - TS11/TSV05 magtape interface

SYNOPSIS
ts0 at uba? csr 0172520

DESCRIPTION
The TS11/TSV05 combination provides a standard tape drive interface as described in mtio(4). The TS11 operates only at 1600 BPI, and only one transport is possible per controller.

The TS11 is attached to an UNIBUS, and the TSV05 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
mt(1), tar(1), tp(1), mtio(4), ht(4), tm(4), mt(4), ut(4)

HISTORY
The ts driver appeared in 4.1BSD.
A new ts driver showed up in NetBSD 1.2.

BUGS
Lots of them.