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- From: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Recommendations wanted on PC Unix system purchase
- Message-ID: <PCG.92Aug20161749@aberdb.aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 16:17:49 GMT
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- Reply-To: pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi)
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- In-Reply-To: pjh@mccc.edu's message of 17 Aug 92 17: 59:38 GMT
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- On 17 Aug 92 17:59:38 GMT, pjh@mccc.edu (P. J. Holsberg) said:
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- pjh> So -- at least in theory -- I could use the DAT I have on my UNIX 386
- pjh> with any MS-DOS computers that have (a) a SCSI controller and (b) the
- pjh> appropriate software. Hmmm...time to visit comp.sys.ibm.pc!
-
- Yes, in theory. In practice it is also true. Nearly all SCSI tapes
- implement _more or less_ the same SCSI packets. So, with software that
- does not do funny things you get lucky.
-
- I have just learned of a nice freeware implementation of GNU tar 1.10
- for the ASPI drivers supplied by Adaptec with their host adapters.
- That's probably a good way to ensure maximum interoperability.
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- On the hardware front, I have been able to use old Apple DC2000 units,
- DATs, QIC-150, and so on tapes with a variety of Macintosh, PC, Unix
- boxes. The same goes with discs. Some failures, many successes.
-
- Broadly speaking, nowadays SCSI does give quite a broad
- interoperability.
-
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