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From: abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Vic Abell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Non-IBM 8mm Exabyte on RS/6000???
Message-ID: <5431@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 29 Aug 90 13:41:18 GMT
References: <1990Aug28.175456.24603@cimage.com>
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In article <1990Aug28.175456.24603@cimage.com>, brian@cimage.com (Brian Kelley/1000000) writes:
> 
> Has anyone tried to plug a non-IBM supplied Exabyte into an RS/6000?
> Should this work?   Is there anything special about IBM's Exabytes? 

A recent posting (From someone at IBM, I believe) reported that the IBM 8mm
tape drive, while manufactured by Exabyte, has a special PROM.