Maybe the easiest of the is to change the process and have the user use
fcopy to copy the file to tape.  And then use some similar method to copy
the bytes back.

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Bruce Laliberte [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
                Sent:   Wednesday, May 26, 1999 12:51 PM
                To:     [log in to unmask]
                Subject:        Readning 4MM tape created w/ HPSTORE on MPE
system

                I'm lookin to find out what options I have to read a 4MM
tape written in
                ascii from an HP/3K system running MPE, using the HPSTORE
utility.  I've got
                lot's of hardware (HP/HPUX, SUN/Solaris, IBM/AIX, etc) and
was wondering if
                this tape was in a format that could be read from one of
these systems using
                any of their native utilities.  Alternatively, could I have
the customer
                generate the 4MM tape using some other utility other than
HPSTORE so that I
                could more readily read it from one of these other systems.

                Any assistance /guidance would be most appreciated.