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- From: lampi@halcyon.com (Michael Lampi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
- Subject: Re: HP/Apollo -> Sun
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.064257.16732@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 06:42:57 GMT
- Article-I.D.: nwnexus.1992Nov5.064257.16732
- References: <1992Nov02.181757.22087@news.mentorg.com> <1992Nov3.154803.1334@novatel.cuc.ab.ca>
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- In article <1992Nov3.154803.1334@novatel.cuc.ab.ca> hpeyerl@novatel.cuc.ab.ca (Herb Peyerl) writes:
- >Stuart Craig (scraig@elipse.mentorg.com) wrote:
- >: [Some good information deleted.. ]
- >:
- >: Exabyte tapes can be used for two way transfer -- they are the same format
- >: on either system.
- >
- >Whenever I get exabyte tapes that were written under SunOS, I have to
- >byte swap when I read them... Other than that, I've had no problems... Of
- >course, maybe there's no need to byte-swap when using the Apollo drivers
- >but we use the Workstation Solutions stuff...
- >
- This is true--the byte ordering using Workstation Solutions software is
- opposite that of the Apollo drivers. Executing the commands Herb listed
- will also permit someone with W.S. s/w to read a WBAK tape written with
- Apollo drivers, too.
-
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