Re: 4mm DDS tape compatibility

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From: Bob Thompson
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 14:03

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In article <818156192.19641@andys.uk.ccl.com> andys@uk.ccl.com (Andy Shelton) writes:

>Does anyone have a list of which DDS drives can read/write each others
>tapes. I assume that a DDS-1 would not read a DDS-2 format tape, but
>I've also read that different manufacturers drives may or may not be
>compatible. We have 2 x HP9000, 1 x SUN and a SCO system with DDS here
>and we have customers with DDS on IBM RS6000, DG and Sequent.

>I don't know the model numbers of the drives and don't particularly
>want to take the machines apart to find out (is there a way of getting
>this info via software?).

Should show under control panel/system/device manager/properties.


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