Bit the bullet
22-Feb-92 12:58:13
Sb: #1990-Bit the bullet
Fm: Harlan Stockman 70603,2027
To: S. J. Vaughan-Nichols 72241,464
Howdy! MST Unix works– I've taken RISC/6000 tar files on floppies,
uncompressed them, tarred, compiled, and run them under X11/Moti f (pardon
the screen screw-up); my favorite is xroach, which makes squishable
cockroaches that run around and hide under your windows. The down side of
MST Unix: no printed manuals!
Now I need some advice on tape backup. Ideally, I'd like to use the same
drive for both DOS and Unix. However, I'm almost completely unfamiliar with
tape drives. I notice most PC users have gone to the smaller cartridges,
while the Unix world uses those big klunky things. I need "QIC
compatibility", whatever that means. Colorado claims its drives are
QIC-compatible, but those drives look physically different than the drives
on the Suns and other RISCs at work (larger tapes). How can I learn about
the available options? I never see articles that explain the differences
among available types. —Thanks in advance, Harlan Stockman—-