So you are saying that the DLT4000 will work on an HP3000 947?

We were told by our hardware reseller that it wouldn't work.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gilles Schipper [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 8:04 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Installing a DLT4000
>
> If you're on 5.0, you will need a patch (MPEJXC9A, I think - but it
> may
> have been superceded).
>
> On 5.5, there should be no problem at all.
>
> In either case, simply use the device name DLT4000, with the
> appropriate
> path, etc. in sysgen.
>
> Even if you can't get the appropriate patch for 5.0, you should still
> be
> able to configure and use the DLT4000 by using the "USER" id, and
> appropriately manually configuring the other parameters in sysgen.
>
> Incidentally, I've noticed that current versions of DLT4000 drivers do
> not
> support the fastsearch feature most of us have learned to really
> appreciate
> with our 4mm drives. So expect to wait 25 minutes or more to restore
> somewhere far into the tape - instead of the few seconds you have been
> used
> to for your 4mm media. There may be a patch in the works to correct
> this.
>
> It could be that some or all of the various 3rd-party backup software
> products do not have this limitation, but I don't know.
>
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