Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!doghouse!snoopy From: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Has tar r ever worked? For anybody? Message-ID: <9511@tekecs.TEK.COM> Date: 11 Dec 87 18:45:26 GMT References: <1344@saturn.ucsc.edu> <22121@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1085@quacky.UUCP> Sender: nobody@tekecs.TEK.COM Reply-To: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy) Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 17 Keywords: tar driver streamers In article <1085@quacky.UUCP> dce@quacky.UUCP (David Elliott) writes: >If it is a streaming tape (either QIC or 1/2"), it is generally not >possible, since positioning the tape is costly. In fact, some systems >(Tek 61XX, for example) want you to read and write big chunks (128K) to >avoid burning out the motor, and don't supply tape record backspace. The "burning out the motor" bit refers to the Cypher drives, which were disqualified. All production units have Wangtek drives, which don't burn out their motors. A large block size is still recommended to minimize the amount of time wasted repositioning the tape. Snoopy tektronix!doghouse.gwd!snoopy snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com Pizza. Just say yes.