johan@cwi.nl (Johan Wolleswinkel) (04/22/88)
We've got some IBM 6157 Streaming Tape Drives, which are intended
for use with an RT; they use 37-pins connectors; the tape cassette
to be used can be a 45 Mbyte DC 300 XL/P from 3M.
We would like to couple some of these devices with MS-DOS machines.
After the IBM representative we consulted it is impossible
(by the way, this man thought, that an RT is another model in the
MS-DOS- range, somewhere in between an XT and an AT; doesn't this
sound reasonable -:).
I can hardly believe, that anyone, even IBM, would make a tapestreamer
to be used only with a very specific machine like the RT.
So I'm almost convinced, that it can be used with other machines.
If somebody used this streamer 6157 on a MS-DOS (or on another machine)
I would be glad to get some information about it.
We even don't know the pin-layout or command structure; so if
somebody knows, or even only knows how to get technical documentation
about it, that information would be welcome as well.
Please respond by E- mail.
Thanks.
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Johan Wolleswinkel
CWI, Postbus 4079, 1009 AB Amsterdam, Kruislaan 413, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 5924050 Telex: 12571 (mactr nl)
UUCP: johan@cwi.nl or ...{seismo,philabs,decvax}!mcvax!johanjonnyg@umd5.umd.edu (Jon Greenblatt) (04/23/88)
In article <420@turing.cwi.nl> johan@cwi.nl (Johan Wolleswinkel) writes: > >We've got some IBM 6157 Streaming Tape Drives, which are intended >for use with an RT; they use 37-pins connectors; the tape cassette >to be used can be a 45 Mbyte DC 300 XL/P from 3M. >We would like to couple some of these devices with MS-DOS machines. > >After the IBM representative we consulted it is impossible >(by the way, this man thought, that an RT is another model in the >MS-DOS- range, somewhere in between an XT and an AT; doesn't this >sound reasonable -:). . . . There is a product called Sytos which uses the RT streaming tape on the AT and PS/2, It's by the Sytron Corporation. V2.0 works with PS/2's, V1.X didn't. It looks like an IBM supported product from looking at the liscence agreement. On a PS/2 I backed up a 30meg disk in 6 minutes! Jon Greenblatt.
glz5913@ritcv.UUCP (04/24/88)
In article <2591@umd5.umd.edu> jonnyg@umd5 (Jon Greenblatt) writes: >In article <420@turing.cwi.nl> johan@cwi.nl (Johan Wolleswinkel) writes: >> >>We've got some IBM 6157 Streaming Tape Drives, which are intended >>for use with an RT; they use 37-pins connectors; the tape cassette >>to be used can be a 45 Mbyte DC 300 XL/P from 3M. >>We would like to couple some of these devices with MS-DOS machines. >> > . > . > . > > There is a product called Sytos which uses the RT streaming tape >on the AT and PS/2, It's by the Sytron Corporation. V2.0 works with PS/2's, >V1.X didn't. It looks like an IBM supported product from looking at the >liscence agreement. On a PS/2 I backed up a 30meg disk in 6 minutes! > > Jon Greenblatt. We used the 6157 and Sytos for nightly backups of all 3 servers (2-P/S 2 Model 60's and 1 AT) on a token ring network. Works like a charm. -Gary L. Zeiger