John,

We handle and have been handling 200 tapes per month.  For a number of
reasons, primarily cost, we attach a 3480/3490 cartridge tape drive to a  PC.  We
download to our network server and HP3000 pulls the files via  FTP.

Here are our reasons:

Most IBM shops prefer 3490 cartridges instead of reel tapes.
3480 solution from NOVASTOR did not have a single failure for 11 years in
this configuration
3490 solution from NOVASTOR has not had a single failure for the last 4  years
The native HP3000 solution was very very pricey.
I checked at the time with Telamon  and others about this  solution and it
was everyone's  reccommendation (1989).

Terry Warns


In a message dated 1/6/2005 11:37:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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Is  anybody reading IBM 3480 tapes into an HPUX or MPE box?  I have a  need
to do so and am wondering how you're doing  it.

Thanks,

John Lee
Vaske Computer  Solutions

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