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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
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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.




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