Streamer drives are singularly awkward (although as I
mentioned, one of
the QIC vendors implemented a "virtual disk" system for the PC
(Archive, Seagate...I don't recall
There were a couple of solutions for the PC:
1. Direct Tape Access by Seagate (which was later sold off to VERITAS). If I recall
correctly this was a Windows only solution and worked under win 3.x/Win 95. There never
was an update for Win98 and on.
2. TapeDisk - This worked under DOS (was a DOS device driver) and so continued to work,
with updates, through Win Me. The publishers were perpetually going to offer a Win2K/NT
version which never materialized and the company finally went bankrupt.
3. DATMan - Was limited to DAT drives so never gained any traction (if you could even say
the above SW had traction). This is made by the same guys as XXCopy and I think they are
still around.
I am sure I am missing a few here and there. I used both DTA and TapeDisk. DTA was easier
and more "elegant" but never updated. I switched over to TapeDisk when I got a
Conner/Seagate T-Stor 8000 4GB of "Random Access" Whoohoo! ;)
-Ali