ok damon, this is the site that is the best resource:
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa571/datfaq.htmif you haven't already bought dat2wav, PM me.
this is the site that gives firmware flashing instructions and has fw to download:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~heemsker/fup/IDing the drive in dat2wav is pretty painful, but i created a batch file that will try every possible combo. it's attached - once you have dat2wav installed you can run it.
mitchell hibbs is the best person to ask detailed questions to, he walked me thru it... he is working on a GUI for dat2wav as we speak but it's got some bugs still.. have to ask him how it's going soon..
i have BAT files to transfer dats, play dats and rewind dats. Also, it seems like my drive rewinds dats when you press the eject button - i did not know it would do this and was thoroughly freaked the first couple times i tried to eject a tape
if you prefer to use VDAT, ask hibbs or stagger any ??s. i never got it working on my box (XP Pro)....