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.

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