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From: robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: moving 0.25" tapes between sun and 3b2 (was: Re: Writing HP cartridge tapes on a Sun 3)
Message-ID: <308@pvab.UUCP>
Date: 28 Aug 88 12:53:55 GMT
References: <614@ednor.UUCP> <5740026@hpfcdc.HP.COM> <4799@netnews.upenn.edu> <2871@ttrdc.UUCP>
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In article <2871@ttrdc.UUCP>, levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:

> If you have the 60 MB SCSI drive (such as what the 3B2/600 has builtin, or
> available as a SCSI accessory for other 3B machines), tapes written on
> it are readable using /dev/[n]rst8 on a SUN with 0.25" cartridge tape drive
> and vice versa.  The 23 MB 3B2/400 streaming drive isn't compatible with
> anything on the SUN however.

Oh, I tried it with a 3b2/400. Thought the /400 and the /600 were
compatible.