TS(4) OpenBSD Programmer's Manual (VAX) TS(4)NAMEts - 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 ALSOmt(1), intro(4), mtio(4), uba(4)HISTORY
The ts driver appeared in 4.1BSD. A new ts driver showed up in
NetBSD 1.1a.
BUGS
Lots of them.
OpenBSD 4.9 May 31, 2007 OpenBSD 4.9