From: s.telford@ed.ac.uk (Scott Telford) Subject: Re: Tape compatible with workstations (like SUN) possible? Date: 15 Feb 1993 14:12:08 GMT
In article <MUTS.93Feb10193010@PMCS.estec.esa.nl>, muts@pmcs.estec.esa.nl (Peter Mutsaers) writes:
> I want to buy hardware needed to read/write the 150MByte tape
> cartridges which are the common format for workstations like SUN,
> silicon graphics etc. I think their format is called QIC-150, but I'm
> not sure.
Yes, it is.
> I read about scsi tapes, QIC-02,40,80 but am puzzled. Can someone tell
> me if what I want is possible, and what hardware I need for it?
I use an Archive Viper 2150S SCSI QIC-150 drive with an Adaptec 1542B
and Linux 0.99. Using GNU tar and the (386BSD?) mt(1) from the alpha
SCSI driver stuff, I can interchange tapes with an SGI Iris 4D (which
also has a Viper 2150S). No obvious problems.
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