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In article <12656@well.UUCP> gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart) writes:

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   From: gors@well.UUCP (Gordon Stewart)
   Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
   Keywords: Tape compatibility Sun AIX RT
   Date: 11 Jul 89 21:07:27 GMT
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   Does anyone out there have experience in reading Sun cartridge
   tapes (or any other workstation tapes) on the IBM RT's tape drive?

Yes, we do it all the time.

   I have been told that the IBM format is not compatible with any of
   the QIC formats - can this be?

There are two models of streaming tape drive from IBM.  The model 1 will
read QIC-11/24 format but only writes QIC-24.  The model 2 will read
QIC-11/24 and whatever the `new' 160Mb density is called, but will only
write the highest density.  It will also not write on some 1/4" cartridges
that are QIC-11 only.  Way to go IBM.  I always thought compatibility was
one of IBM's bywords.

Just to make things more interesting.  You can only have one streaming tape
on an RT system so you either need two RTs, or plug and unplug tape drives.

   I would much appreciate an e-mail reply if you have any insights and/or
   experience here...

This needed to be shared.

   Michael Sierchio
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