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Article #1380Re: using an IBM 6157 tape streamer with MS-DOS ??
From: glz5913
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1988 17:38
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1988 17:38
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In article <2591@umd5.umd.edu> jonnyg@umd5 (Jon Greenblatt) writes: >In article <420@turing.cwi.nl> johan@cwi.nl (Johan Wolleswinkel) writes: >> >>We've got some IBM 6157 Streaming Tape Drives, which are intended >>for use with an RT; they use 37-pins connectors; the tape cassette >>to be used can be a 45 Mbyte DC 300 XL/P from 3M. >>We would like to couple some of these devices with MS-DOS machines. >> > . > . > . > > There is a product called Sytos which uses the RT streaming tape >on the AT and PS/2, It's by the Sytron Corporation. V2.0 works with PS/2's, >V1.X didn't. It looks like an IBM supported product from looking at the >liscence agreement. On a PS/2 I backed up a 30meg disk in 6 minutes! > > Jon Greenblatt. We used the 6157 and Sytos for nightly backups of all 3 servers (2-P/S 2 Model 60's and 1 AT) on a token ring network. Works like a charm. -Gary L. Zeiger
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!think!bloom-beacon!gatech!bbn!rochester!ritcv!glz5913 From: glz5913@ritcv.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: using an IBM 6157 tape streamer with MS-DOS ?? Message-ID: <429@ritcv.UUCP> Date: 23 Apr 88 17:38:59 GMT References: <420@turing.cwi.nl> <2591@umd5.umd.edu> Reply-To: glz5913@ritcv.UUCP (Gary L. Zeiger) Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Lines: 22 Keywords: tapestreamer