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From: tarsa@abyss.zk3.dec.com (Greg Tarsa)
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Subject: Re: Exabyte (8mm) vs DAT (4mm)
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Date: 20 Jul 90 18:55:32 GMT
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Could the problem reading between VAXen and SUNs be that the two
machines are blocking differently?  I believe that for a long time
SUN only allowed fixed length blocking on their tapes, but that VAXen
used variable length blocking.

Just a thought.  It doesn't seem that there should be any reason that
the tapes should not be compatible, unless one system is using a
tape drive feature that the other isn't.

Greg
 
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