On the new ULTRIUM LTO tape format, Greg noted:
> And, this will become interesting when HP is committed enough
> to it to make it available to the 3000...
> --- HP ENDORSES THE ULTRIUM FORMAT (Press Release)
> Reinforcing its commitment to the Linear Tape-Open (LTO)
> technology, Hewlett-Packard Company today announced its
> decision to recommend Ultrium products across its future
> UNIX® system and NT server family ....
> URL: http://www.hp.com/pressrel/jul99/26jul99d.htm
After which Donna does the deja vu all over again thing:
> look at what was brought to my attention:
> www.hp.com/tape/papers/tapealert.html
> how interesting! a quick look points out that (yet again)
> there's no plan to bring this to mpe <sigh> - d
FIRST: A couple other direct links to interesting details on what
are apparently the two different versions of the new LTO format:
http://www.ultrium.com/ultrium.htmlhttp://www.ultrium.com/accelis.html
SECOND: I immediately went to the Interex web site at:
http://www.hpworld.com/conference/hpworld99/sessions/rdtbls.html
and submitted the "What about LTO for the HP 3000" question....
Ken Sletten