Re: multiple dat autoloader?

Jon Lewis (jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net)
Fri, 23 May 1997 11:59:11 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 21 May 1997, Jauder Ho wrote:

>
> I just saw one of these for sale. It is an Archive Fast SCSI-II 32
> GB Dat Drive. I was wondering if anyone knows if this will work with Linux
> i.e. I can address all 4 tapes with linux. I know people have gotten 4x4
> SCSI cdroms to work but I haven't heard anything about x4 tape drive...
> Thanks...

Yes it works. Leonard Zubkoff even wrote a program (mtx) to control the
autoloader mechanism. I think you can pick up mts from
(www|ftp).dandelion.com.

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