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From: hsi!stpstn!aad@uunet.uu.net (Anthony A. Datri)
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Subject: Re: How well do HP and SUN workstations mix
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Date: 10 Feb 89 23:55:48 GMT
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dfh@uncecs.edu (David Hinnant) writes:
>drive because (in my limited experience) HP TAPE DRIVES CANNOT READ  TAPES
>CREATED ON ANY NORMAL MACHINE.  Also I cannot read normal tapes in my HP
>machine.  What's the scoop? Has anyone found an exception to this?

Their cartridges are pre-formatted, and I also believe they are written in
the opposite direction relative to things like Suns.  You can use an
HP-type tape in a Sun or whatnot, but it'll never work in an HP again.

>Watch out for mail on the HP.  Sucks.

One of my predecessors had the insight to replace the sendmail.cf file on
ours with one from a Sun.  Didn't work at all.  I've never been able to
figure out how to get the real one off the distribution tape.

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