[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] "tar" for tape backup under DOS

bailey@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Kirk Bailey) (06/04/89)

Is anyone familiar with software which will allow normal "tar" format tapes
(DC600 type), to be written by the various brands of PC tape backup units?

I'm familiar with several "tar" programs for the PC, but all need some sort
of "driver" to actually communicate with the tape interface (not supplied by
the backup device vendors).

My application is to transfer data via tape from PC's to various types of
UN*X workstations which have a compatible physical data format on the tape.

The tape backup hardware I'm looking at currently is from EVEREX, any comments
either pro or con?

	Kirk Bailey/bailey@jacobs.cs.orst.edu
	P.O. Box 1702
	Corvallis, OR 97339
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