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From: woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Exabyte and the IBM-6000/530
Summary: No generic Exabyte may not work!
Message-ID: <2551@peyote.cactus.org>
Date: 28 Sep 90 22:21:41 GMT
References: <8642@ncar.ucar.edu>
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In article <8642@ncar.ucar.edu>, fredrick@acd.ucar.edu (Tim Fredrick) writes:
> We are getting an Exabyte 8mm 2.5Gig tape system directly from the
> manufacturer and may be purchasing an IBM 6000/530 soon.  Is it reasonable
> to expect this drive to run on the 6000/530 given that we acquire the
> correct cables from IBM?  In other words, do IBM's drivers support an
> Exabyte drive in the same way they support their own internal 8mm tape
> system?  If not, what steps do I need to go through to attach an
> Exabyte?   Thanks in advance.  --Tim

Well, the basic answer is no they won't. The Exabytes that IBM ships
contain a special PROM. Someone else may have written a generic
driver, but I haven't heard about it.

						Ron
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