Used an HP DDS drive. No problem, but I don't remember the model. I know of an Exabyte "Eliant something-or-other" D8 drive that was used on a VMS system. Chris Christopher Smith, Perl Developer Amdocs - Champaign, IL "Confutatis maledictus, flammis acribus addictus, voca me cum benedictis. Oro supplex et acclinis, cor contritunt quasi cinis, gere curarn mei finis." -Requiem