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Article #554Re: 6157-002 tape drive - is it compatible with anything?
From: David L. Luner
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1989 16:17
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1989 16:17
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Ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) writes: > Uri@gondor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) writes: > >Uri> 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). > >Uri> OK, another question from the same group (:-). Can ANYTHING in the >Uri> Universe (except another RT, or another 6157-002 :-) *read* the tape >Uri> written by a -002 ? Is it QIC-???, or what? > [I didn't answer earlier because someone already posted the correct answer. But now that someone posted the wrong answer... :-). ] The 6157-002 writes either QIC-120 or QIC-150, depending on the tape. The older drives don't know how to read that. The -002 drives *can* read tapes written by a -001. -- David
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!uwvax!werewolf!luner From: luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: 6157-002 tape drive - is it compatible with anything? Message-ID: <9124@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 13 Nov 89 16:17:20 GMT References: <9037@spool.cs.wisc.edu> <1989Nov6.192632.9113@arnor.uucp> <1989Nov10.161919.1584@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: luner@werewolf.CS.WISC.EDU (David L. Luner) Organization: IBM Madison Lines: 23