>We plan to move from DDS to DLT. On HP's web you can read a lot about the
>new DLT 30e and DLT 40e.
>I just talked to our CE at HP - and he says that these DLT stations are not
>supported on HP 3000 (but apparently with almost anything else than HP
>3000!). Only the DLT4000 is supported, currently.
>
>1) Does anybody know whether this is true or not?
>
>2) It is possible, that the DLTs will run unsupported under MPE anyway?
>
>3) We will be using BACKUP/3000 with the DLT-station - any experiences with
>that constellation, anybody?
>(I'm thinking on how much you can expect to hold on one tape - using both
>the built-in hardware compression
>plus ORBiTs software ditto).
>
>TIA!
>
>Hans-Ole Kaae
>Manager, IT
>Greenlandair Inc.
>Nuuk, Greenland
>
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>http://www.greenland-guide.dk/gla/
>
>

Orbit does support DLT on the HP 3000.  I have several testimonials from end
users.  You can also use Quantum DLT drives on your 3000 with Orbit software.

John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions