Re: Accessing scsi tape via dos

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From: Jim Glass
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 19:30

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In article <4hk02s$4j0@ohnasn01.sinet.slb.com>, hallman@dfwftp.dallas.geoquest.slb.com (brian hallman) writes:
|> Hi news-groupies,
|> 
|> I have a utility called wintar.  It allows me to read tar files and tar floppies.
|> I am trying to get it to read a tar tape, but I don't know what device to specify
|> it as.  Does anyone know what device to specify.  It is an exabyte 8200 on a
|> soundblaster scsiII card.  I have no trouble accessing it through norton backup.
|> It is at a target of 5.
|> 
|> Thanks in advance.
|> Brian

I dunno.  There is a DOS utility called TAPEDISK that will make a DAT tape
drive (SCSI) appear as a DOS drive letter (like "M:").  TapeDisk costs $250 
and works swell.  It requires an ASPI driver (so does Norton).

You can buy it from The Programmer's Shop or other mail-order software
houses specializing in tools and utilities.

Jim Glass

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From: glass@mrbig.rockwell.com (Jim Glass)
Subject: Re: Accessing scsi tape via dos
Message-ID: <1996Mar8.193019.6374@nb.rockwell.com>
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