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Article #528Re: 6157-002 tape drive - is it compatible with anything?
From: A. Lester Buck
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1989 15:02
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1989 15:02
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In article <1989Nov6.192632.9113@arnor.uucp>, uri@gondor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes: < From article by luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner): < > < > If I recall correctly, and I'll check tonight, a -002 *can* read tapes < > written by a -001, but not the other way around. (And there is no way < > to make a -002 write tapes in such a way that a -001 can read them). < < OK, another question from the same group (:-). Can ANYTHING in the < Universe (except another RT, or another 6157-002 :-) *read* the tape < written by a -002 ? Is it QIC-???, or what? Sure, it is a standard QIC-120/150 drive. And the 6157-002 is simply a standard Cypher cartridge drive with a different color scheme and three extra letters, for which you can pay an extra $1000 or so. :-) -- A. Lester Buck ...!texbell!moray!siswat!buck
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!nuchat!moray!siswat!buck From: buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: 6157-002 tape drive - is it compatible with anything? Message-ID: <464@siswat.UUCP> Date: 7 Nov 89 15:02:44 GMT References: <9037@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <1989Nov6.192632.9113@arnor.uucp> Organization: Photon Graphics, Houston Lines: 17