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- From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Subject: Re: Exabyte 8500's under A/UX 3
- Message-ID: <1389@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- References: <1993Jan20.195047.17342@sunova.ssc.gov>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:32:25 GMT
-
- ww2@ssc.gov (Wes Price) writes:
-
- > I've just read the FAQ, and it states quite clearly that A/UX 3.0's tc
- >"officially and totally support" the Exabyte 8200 tape drive; unfortunately,
- >we've got one and aren't having any luck. Since we've found another use
- >for that drive (backing up Mac OS machines), we're going to try to buy
- >another for backing up our A/UX machines, preferably with an Exabyte
- >mechanism; what I'd like to ask, then, is: is there anyone out there who is
- >using an Exabyte 8500-based tape drive under A/UX, and can you *please* give
- >me whatever technical details I'll need to have to make sure that this
- >purchase doesn't net us another tape drive we can't use?
-
- Even as we speak (type), the fix that will allow the 8200s to work is
- in test. This fix was actually generated by Apple and will be folded into
- my hacked 'tc' ASAP. It's anticipated that this fix will help out all those
- who've been struggling with their 8200s (only "older" ones seemed affected)
- as well as some others, like the Sonys.
- --
- Jim Jagielski | "I'd keep playing... I don't think
- jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov | the heavy stuff's gonna come down
- NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4 | for quite a while."
- Greenbelt, MD 20771 | - Carl
-