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- From: lee@vulcan1.edsg.hac.com (John Lee)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Tape question
- Message-ID: <24452@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 19:43:47 GMT
- References: <liqie4INNh6k@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Sender: news@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM
- Reply-To: lee@vulcan1.UUCP (John Lee)
- Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA
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- In article <liqie4INNh6k@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> patl@bodacia.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
- [...]
- >Backups are now proceeding smoothly, but I'm left
- >wondering what I need to do to be able to use the tape to transfer data between
- >the SS1 and the Amiga? (Which also makes it easier to pick things off the net,
- >since I have ftp access at work.) I've got `tar' from Fish Disk 445, but the
- >tape: handler on that disk requires the ARP mount command, which makes me
- >wonder if there isn't another solution...
-
- Use BTNTape instead, available on a Fish Disk or Better FTP Sites near
- you. With BTNTape and tar, I've exchanged tapes between my Amiga
- (w/A3070 tape drive) and a Sparcstation with no problems. The "tape:"
- handler is out-of-date.
-
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