SRFERGU@ERENJ.BITNET (Scott Ferguson) (12/16/89)
I just got a sales thing in the mail from MDL Corp., saying they've got a magneto-optical disk system for the 2500. Anyone know if they've got any for regular systems (like ones most of us have, 4000's, 4500's,etc) Also, I'm getting an Exabyte drive for my Ardent, and wouldn't mind having one on my Apollos as well, because I have an Apollo that's far away, and I need to move data from it back home on tape. If I had two Exabyte drives that were compatible, one on Apollos, one on the Ardent, I could throw out my Fork-lift palet of reel tapes. Is the helical-scan stuff standard enough to be able to buy drives for two systems and share tapes? Tar or Cpio formats are preferable, or I could write my own software to read/write if necessary. So: Are ExaByte tapes written with a standard format? and Are there affordable erasable-optical and removable systems for other than the 2500? Thanks for tuning in. Scott Ferguson Exxon Research & Engineering Annandale, NJ 08801 (201) 730-2339 "Back when I was your age, dogs didn't even have the right to vote"