27 Mar
2015
27 Mar
'15
4:51 p.m.
On 3/27/15 9:36 AM, Bob Brown wrote:
Does anyone know if a usb --> scsi adapter might
allow me to connect an hp 9-track tape drive (7980s) to a computer running windows-7?
Has anyone done it?
Any pointers (drivers etc)?
Thanks.
-Bob
Yes, sort of. I have a Xircom PortGear USB->SCSI adapter hooked up to
that exact drive right now, concidentally. Win7 does not have drivers
for the Xircom, but your average Linux distribution does -- and if you
run that distribution in a VM (for example, using VirtualBox) you can
forward the USB device from the host to the VM and use it there, which I
have done successfully to image disks and tapes. It's not the fastest
device, but it gets the job done and it's very convenient.
- Josh