Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!spdcc!bloom-beacon!apple!dwb From: dwb@Apple.COM (David W. Berry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: Questions about AU/X Keywords: upgrades manuals Message-ID: <15655@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 16 Aug 88 20:32:45 GMT References: <5093@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <15607@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: dwb@apple.com.UUCP (David W. Berry) Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 24 In article <15607@apple.Apple.COM> dwb@apple.com.UUCP (David W. Berry) writes: >In article <5093@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> donn@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Donn Fishbein) writes: >>4) Do any tape backup units other than Apple's work with AU/X? Can you back >> up the AU/X partition under MacOS? > Currently, A/UX does not support any tape drives. It's reasonable >to expect that that will change soon. Tape drive support will probably >not extend to apple tape drives due to the wide variation in functionality >of SCSI tape drives. The A/UX partitions can be backed up (image only, >not files) under MacOS by the software shipped with the tape drive. Oops, more or less obviously I meant to say that: "Tape drive support will probably not extend >beyond< apple tape drives due to the wide variation in functionality of SCSI tape drives" Sorry for the confusion. Opinions: MINE, ALL MINE! (greedy evil chuckle) David W. Berry apple!dwb@sun.com dwb@apple.com 973-5168@408.MaBell