How to transfer data FAST?

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Zane" == Zane H Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> writes:

 Zane> ....  I also typically
 Zane> have either a TZ30 (half-height SCSI TK50 drive), or a TLZ06
 Zane> (4mm DAT) drive hooked up.  I prefer to use DAT, however,
 Zane> RSTS/E software doesn't really like trying to be installed from
 Zane> DAT.

Why, what happens?  If it's TMSCP it should work.  Some of the I/O
won't be streaming I/O, since the RSTS install process doesn't switch
to the BACKUP tool (which supports streaming) until partway through.
So if your tape drive can't hack start/stop operating mode, then yes,
that could be a problem.  In that case, I'd argue it simply isn't a
good drive at all.

     paul