Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!marob!daveh From: daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Can Xenix read Sun 1/4" tapes ? Message-ID: <25226E91.294D@marob.masa.com> Date: 28 Sep 89 19:18:40 GMT References: <6@bronson.UUCP> Reply-To: daveh@marob.masa.com (Dave Hammond) Organization: ESCC, New York City Lines: 18 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? With high density drives on both machines, the tapes should be interchangeable. However, it sounds like you have a low density, 60-mb drive (most Xenix systems do) and the Sun has a high density, 120-mb drive (most Suns do). In this case the low density tapes will be readable on the high density drive, but not vice-versa. -- Dave Hammond daveh@marob.masa.com