Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!dptcdc!blyndru!hybrid!mdapoz
From: mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.rt
Subject: Re: Cartridge tape drives (new/old)
Message-ID: <376@hybrid.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 89 05:37:04 GMT
References: <539@pan.UUCP>
Reply-To: mdapoz@hybrid.UUCP (Mark Dapoz)
Organization: My Good 'Ol 3B1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lines: 14

In article <539@pan.UUCP> jw@pan.UUCP (Jamie Watson) writes:
>- It is not possible to put more than one cartridge tape drive in an RT.
>  This means that the simple solution, keeping a system with one drive
>  of each type installed, is not possible.

True, but I believe that the card which actually plugs into the rt is the
same for both drives.  Knowing that, you can keep one machine with the card
installed and just plug in the drive you currently need.  Not a great solution 
but at least an alternative.
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