16 Aug
2000
16 Aug
'00
3:33 a.m.
The two drives in question are indeed 8mm, but only
support the 8200
format. Can anybody enlighten me on that, who used that format, etc.
The Exabyte 8200 was used by several computer manufacturers; IBM, Pr1me,
Sun (I think), and maybe Apollo... however, IBM used a custom SCSI card
in theirs (called a DI card, maybe diff SCSI?), and Pr1me used custom
firmware. Additionally, tape interchange between identical drives was
often chancy, although if you have the docs and a head sync tape, you
should be able to align it to read tapes written on other drives.
I'd be shocked if DEC never used the 8200...
Full docs are available on Exabyte's web site. If you can't find them,
let me know, I'll dig out the URL.
hth,
-dq