fredrick@acd.ucar.edu (Tim Fredrick) (09/28/90)
We are getting an Exabyte 8mm 2.5Gig tape system directly from the
manufacturer and may be purchasing an IBM 6000/530 soon. Is it reasonable
to expect this drive to run on the 6000/530 given that we acquire the
correct cables from IBM? In other words, do IBM's drivers support an
Exabyte drive in the same way they support their own internal 8mm tape
system? If not, what steps do I need to go through to attach an
Exabyte? Thanks in advance. --Tim
Tim Fredrick National Center for Atmospheric Research
Atmospheric Chemistry Division
fredrick@ncar.ucar.edu PO Box 3000
fredrick@ncar.CSNET Boulder, CO 80307woan@peyote.cactus.org (Ronald S. Woan) (09/29/90)
In article <8642@ncar.ucar.edu>, fredrick@acd.ucar.edu (Tim Fredrick) writes: > We are getting an Exabyte 8mm 2.5Gig tape system directly from the > manufacturer and may be purchasing an IBM 6000/530 soon. Is it reasonable > to expect this drive to run on the 6000/530 given that we acquire the > correct cables from IBM? In other words, do IBM's drivers support an > Exabyte drive in the same way they support their own internal 8mm tape > system? If not, what steps do I need to go through to attach an > Exabyte? Thanks in advance. --Tim Well, the basic answer is no they won't. The Exabytes that IBM ships contain a special PROM. Someone else may have written a generic driver, but I haven't heard about it. Ron -- +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@peyote.cactus.org or woan%austin@iinus1.ibm.com + + othernet Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +