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From: aad@stepstone.com (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Wanted: Duplicaters for Sun systems
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Date: 3 Feb 89 07:40:43 GMT
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robin@pilchuck.data-io.com (Tim Rosmus) writes:
>Does anyone  know  of  a  system  to  mass  duplicate  Sun  1/4"  tape
>cartridges.

I use the copytape program from comp.sources.unix, and it works
wonderfully.  You can do tape-to-tape, or you can save a tape image in a
file, so you can read a tape once, then write forever:

copytape /dev/rst8 some.file
copytape some.file /dev/rst8
copytape some.file /dev/rst8
....

Depending on the volume/deadlines you have, this might be a good choice.
If you have lots of identical tapes to make, you can set this going and
flip tapes as you pass by.  I even use copytape on a Sun to duplicate
Apollo cartridges.

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Anthony A. Datri @SysAdmin(Stepstone Corporation) aad@stepstone.com stpstn!aad