23 Oct
2004
23 Oct
'04
2:03 p.m.
On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 12:00:11PM -0700, Ron Hudson wrote:
On Oct 23, 2004, at 9:20 AM, John Lawson wrote:
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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Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 24-Oct-2004 02:00 Z
South Pole Station
PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -65.3 F (-54.1 C) Windchill -65.3 F (-54.1 C)
APO AP 96598 Wind 0 kts Grid 346 Barometer 675.5 mb (10796. ft)
Ethan.Dicks(a)amanda.spole.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html
"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?)