13 Tape drives

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13.1 Supported

SCSI tape drives
(From the SCSI HOWTO) Drives using both fixed and variable length blocks smaller than the driver buffer length (set to 32k in the distribution sources) are supported. Virtually all drives should work. (Send mail if you know of any incompatible drives.)

QIC-117, QIC-40/80 drives (Ftape)
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/tapes - Most tape drives using the floppy controller should work. Check the Ftape HOWTO for details. Various dedicated QIC-80 controllers (Colorado FC-10, Iomega Tape Controller II) are also supported.

13.2 Unsupported

Emerald and Tecmar QIC-02 tape controller cards - Chris Ulrich <insom@math.ucr.edu>
Drives that connect to the parallel port (eg: Colorado Trakker)
Some high speed tape controllers (Colorado TC-15 / FC-20)
Irwin AX250L/Accutrak 250 (not QIC-80)
IBM Internal Tape Backup Unit (not QIC-80)
COREtape Light

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