Howdy,

Well here I sit redfaced.  It was the "f" option that was creating all the
weirdness.  I also relaized that I had left the "-c" out of the syntax
in my post, however the guru's picked that up quite deftly.

Now (and somewhat off topic) what the problem is, is that the 9000
using the "-xvf" options reads the tape quite nicely.  However it does
not create a disc file and gives no error messages.

So here I am....halfway to paradise.  Think I'll relax by going out and
cuffing about those few co-workers who escaped yesterday.

Many thanks for the help.

Jim Trudeau                       *
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