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Xref: sserve comp.periphs:4299 comp.unix.misc:9082 comp.unix.bsd:12613 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:4369 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!belfast.dcd.wa.gov.au!belfast.dcd.wa.gov.au!not-for-mail From: juliane@belfast.dcd.wa.gov.au (Julian Elischer) Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: [Q] 9-track tape drives? Date: 13 Sep 1993 11:18:33 +0800 Organization: Dept of Community Development, Perth, Australia Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <270oq9$v4@belfast.dcd.wa.gov.au> References: <26j2ts$fct@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> <13621@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: belfast.dcd.wa.gov.au In article <26j2ts$fct@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> ngorelic@speclab.cr.usgs.gov writes: >Does anyone know of any 9-track tape drives compatable with >PC based unix? (386BSD, BSDI, SCO, Dell or Consensys) >(I am forced to buy 9-track, it was not an option) > >Has anyone had any good/bad experiences with these? > Almost any scsi 9-track drive should be usable under the 386bsd scsi system If you have troubles, I'll personally want to know why, and will MAKE it work 8-) (I wrote it) I have run some kennedy stuff in an early version and have run cipher 3480 stuff as well as all the normal stuff,(QICxxx,DAT,Exabyte) julian