Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!virtech!cpcahil From: cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Can Xenix read Sun 1/4" tapes ? Summary: sun /dev/rst8 is compatible with BT XTC Message-ID: <1205@virtech.UUCP> Date: 28 Sep 89 02:07:31 GMT References: <6@bronson.UUCP> Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc Lines: 16 In article <6@bronson.UUCP>, tan@bronson.UUCP (Tan Bronson) writes: > I've been able to write tapes which the Suns can read, but not > visa versa. I've got a Bell Technologies XTC controller and board > using the standard xenix tape drivers, and am running 2.3.3 > Is there some combination I have not tried yet? The Bell Tech drive (I assume you are using the 60 meg version) uses the QIC-24 data format on the tape. For a sun 3 this format is read/written on the /dev/rst8 port. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Conor P. Cahill uunet!virtech!cpcahil 703-430-9247 ! | Virtual Technologies Inc., P. O. Box 876, Sterling, VA 22170 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+