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- From: behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens)
- Subject: Re: Ramfast and Tape Backup units..
- References: <m0mOQFo-0000R6C@crash.cts.com> <behrenss.715307581@hphalle6> <1992Sep1.065420.5127@cco.caltech.edu>
- Sender: news@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (USENET Newssystem)
- Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:45:57 GMT
- Message-ID: <behrenss.715394757@hphalle6>
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- toddpw@cco.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
-
- >behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Soenke Behrens) writes:
-
- >>b) tape units can be used for other things than backing up some MB of data.
- >> I'd like to use it for exchanging data with friends in tar format.
- >> Of course, I can't, because I cannot write to the tape. *Sigh*
- >Here is the fallacy. You CAN write to the tape; just not the way you think you
- >should be able to. I said this before: Tape Drives Are Not Random Access.
-
- I do not want Random Access. Did I ever say I did? No. 'tar' was never based
- on random access. BTW, you can random access some tapes ... but that requires
- vendor specific commands (and special drivers), of course.
-
- Now, for writing to the tape ...
-
- >You have essentially three options, in order of increasing feasability:
- > 1. order the RF programmers docs and write your own tape driver into
- > your program.
-
- Aha. A bit strange ... this entity called "OS" is usually supposed to handle
- all peripherals. Oh well, never mind.
-
- > 2. wait for CVT to write a GS/OS tape driver for the RF.
-
- What I am doing right now. I just wished they would actually write one ...
- I do not know if they will do it or when.
-
- > 3. buy an Apple DMA SCSI and use the SCSITAPE driver.
-
- Didn't we all have a good laugh on this one ;-) I am _not_ bathing in money.
-
- Soenke
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