Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!psuvax1!schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu From: schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt Subject: Re: mmdf-II on the PC/RT and cartridge tape compatibility Message-ID: <4206@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> Date: 11 Jan 89 22:42:19 GMT References: <4203@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu> <1495@cps3xx.UUCP> Sender: news@psuvax1.cs.psu.edu Reply-To: schwartz@shire.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz) Organization: Pennsylvania State University, Computer Science Lines: 26 In-reply-to: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) In article <1495@cps3xx.UUCP>, usenet@cps3xx (Usenet file owner) writes: >ehrlich@shire.cs.psu.edu (Dan Ehrlich) says: >> Just a note of warning. IBM has started selling a new model streaming tape >> drive that will read QIC-24 tapes but writes tapes at a density that Suns, >> and any other catridge drive I have access to, won't read. I think it is >> named the 6157 Model 2. Another good move on IBM's part. >The 6157 Model 2 can get about three times the amount of data on a >cartridge tape as opposed to the 6157 model 1. That is very useful... >As the 6157-002 uses the same controller card as the >6157, in those rare instances that we need to write a low density tape, >we just plug a 6157 into the back of our machine. The 6157-002 was a >good move and not a bad move. Get a grip! How about if IBM just produced a tape unit that was COMPATABLE with the REST OF THE WORLD? Or did both? How about if you drop by our lab once a week so we can plug your 6157 in when we need to write standard tapes? IBM: "Oh yes, we run OPEN SYSTEMS, we are STANDARD!" PSU: "Ok, then why can't our Suns read your tapes?" IBM: "Suns? You have to buy ALL IBM equippment, of course!" PSU: "Riiiight..." -- Scott Schwartz