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- From: gordon@madmax.uwaterloo.ca (Gordon R. Strachan)
- Subject: Re: Can "mt" commands be using on 1/4" Cartrdige tape on HP400's w/HP-UX8.0?
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Sep12.011714.11077@spatial.com> <BuKqqt.KMH@fc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:32:40 GMT
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- In article <BuKqqt.KMH@fc.hp.com> rjn@FC.HP.COM writes:
- >alek@spatial.com (Alek O. Komarnitsky) writes:
- >
- >The "mt" command does not work with the 9144A, 9145A, 35401A and similar
- >HP-IB CS/80 tape drives because they are not treated like classical
- >serial-access devices. These drives are actually block-rewritable random-
- >access devices - very slow disks you might say.
- >
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- I always called them a tape drive with delusions of grandeur :-)
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- They are pretty slow (even for tape drives) but I will admit that they are
- reliable and I sure wish the DAT drives had its random read/write capabilities.
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- Gordon
- >
- >Regards, Hewlett-Packard
- >Bob Niland Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM 3404 East Harmony Road
- > CompuServe: 71044,2124 Ft Collins CO 80525-9599
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