OT- Streamer Tapedrive was->Re: 1/2" tape cleaners?

[Ethan Dicks]

On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 12:00:11PM -0700, Ron Hudson wrote:
> 
> On Oct 23, 2004, at 9:20 AM, John Lawson wrote:
> 
> >"Streaming type" front loader 9 trk drives are a dime-a-dozen - 
> >there's a couple on the shlf at WierdStuff for $50
> 
> What does it take to connect one of those to a PC? (under linux?)

I can't speak for the ones at WierdStuff since I haven't seen them, but
if they are SCSI (like my TSZ07), all you need is a SCSI card, and
commands like 'tar' and 'mt'.

I threw an Adaptec 1460 PCMCIA SCSI card in my Linux laptop and was
spinning tape moments later.

-ethan

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