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From: goer@sophist.uucp (Richard Goerwitz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: tape drives
Message-ID: <7174@tank.uchicago.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 90 07:34:24 GMT
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In article <5815@ozdaltx.UUCP> root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) writes:
>We're considering adding a tape drive to the system....  I have
>heard Mountain and Colorado mentioned....
       ^^^^^^^^
Xenix 386 2.3.1 could be made to recognize a Mountain TD4000
type backup unit with a support level supplement; 2.3.2 includes a
driver.  BUT NOTE WELL:  If you are using a dual floppy system,
you can't daisy chain the backup unit off the alternate drive
the way you can under MS-DOS.  Mountain tape backup units are
nice, easy-to-install units for DOS, but the company isn't in-
terested in supporting Xenix.  Unless SCO itself has updated
the driver, you'll have to forget about that "b:" drive.

   -Richard L. Goerwitz              goer%sophist@uchicago.bitnet
   goer@sophist.uchicago.edu         rutgers!oddjob!gide!sophist!goer