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From: tonys@pyra.co.uk (Tony Shaughnessy)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: ICL tape handling
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Date: 11 Apr 91 17:53:19 GMT
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Hi

Does anybody know of a product that can read and write tapes in ICL format?
I believe that there is more than one format of an ICL tape, but the guy who
wants it doesn't know which it is. I have asked him to get me the spec. of
the tape format, in which case I could probably write him something to do
this, but if anybody has anything already, it would help. It would be even
better if there were a proper product that he could buy, because he would
like something that he could get support for.

The machine that he will be using it on is a Pyramid MIServer running OSx
version 5.1. The ICL machine is a 3900 model 80 running VME (I don't know what 
version).

Any info about ICL tape formats would also be useful.

Email replies would be preferred.

Thanks

Tony Shaughnessy
tonys@pyra.co.uk