gfr@cobra.mitre.org (Glenn Roberts) (06/16/89)
Reference: v8n32 > I want to be able to write a cartridge tape so that either the a sun-3 or > 4 OR an apollo DN 3010 can read it. I've been told it's possible using > tar and some sort of particular format forced on the tape; but I haven't > found anyone here who really knows how to do it. help? Use tar and specify device /dev/rst8 or /dev/nrst8 when writing the tape. This uses the so-called quik-24 format instead of quik-11 (that's the extent of my knowledge on the subject). I don't know Apollo model numbers but all the Apollos here seem to be able to read tar tapes made in this fashion. - Glenn Roberts, The MITRE Corp., McLean VA (703) 883-6820 groberts@mitre.org