Xref: utzoo comp.sys.hp:1301 comp.unix.questions:10459 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!deimos!uxc!uwmcsd1!marque!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!hwcs!hwee!hmc From: hmc@hwee.UUCP (Hugh Conner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Pre-formatted tapes for HP drives Keywords: tape drive Message-ID: <436@hwee.UUCP> Date: 1 Dec 88 15:00:29 GMT References: <274@istsists.ca> Reply-To: hmc@hwee (Hugh Conner) Organization: Heriot-Watt University, Electrical Eng. Lines: 14 In article <274@istsists.ca> mathieu@ists.yorku.ca (Pierre Mathieu) writes: > > Here are a couple of questions about HP tape drives. >We have an HP 9000 series 350 system running HP-UX 6.2 >with an HP 9144A tape drive. > As far as I know you cannot use un-formatted tapes, as most of these are wound on in the opposite direction to the HP tapes. However, in the UK anyway, you can use 3M tapes models DC600HC and DC615HC. I assume these should be available in Canada as well. The DC600HC is 600ft and the 615 is only 150ft. -- + "Who are all these people in my office anyway?" + + + + Hugh M. Conner hmc@ee.hw.ac.uk +