txr98@wash08.UUCP (Timothy Reed) (07/24/88)
(flame on) That's interesting that NCR goes to such lengths to test those HD cart tape drives, then how could they release the 800 with a virtually incompatible drive, when compatibility with [246]00's is such a selling point. I'll tell you, we weren't told about this by NCR - not 'til the thing was installed - I actually first found out about it through the net! The 'dd' solution means we have to dd a tape out to disk and read it on again, or take the 800 into account with every tape we write - both methods slow and cumbersome, with the cause totally unecessary - the 800 should not have been released until the cart drive was made compatible with the others n the NCR family. (flame dying down) How come 'cpio -B' doesn't swap bytes correctly? And why does the byte swap have to take place during the write - 'dd if=/dev/rstp/00yy conv=swab' doesn't work - this kind of kludge would be much more palatable. (flame off completely) Glad to see the reset button moved out from 'under the hood' - you can't get to the switch when you got a bunch of towers next to each other. # Tim Reed # Usual disclaimers - I'm commenting entirely on my own behalf.