[comp.sys.hp] DAT

umapd82@cc.ic.ac.uk (Julian Perry on +44 272 507636) (02/06/91)

Could you out there help out with the following questions? - Thanks.

1)  Can the HP-DDS drives (the SCSI version) be used on Sun workstations
    (or others)?
2)  If (1) is a special driver required - and where can it be had?
3)  Do all DDS drives (including non-HP drives) write the same format
    (i.e. make it look like a mag-tape drive) so that I could create
    a cpio or tar tape on a Sun and read it on a HP?
4)  Can HP [3478]00's use exabyte drives (again on SCSI) - and if so are
    the tapes readable on other machines (like Suns)?

The ideal situation would be that I can use the HP-IB DDS drive from an
800 and read it on a Sun SparcStation from a SCSI drive (either HP or a
third party drive).

Thanks guys,

Jules
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