A vendor that I transfer data with, has made a decision to drop the reel-to-reel tapes that we currently use to swap data between our systems. The only alternative available (published at this time for a 9/1/00 implementation date), is 18 track data cartridges. Anyone taken data from a 16 track data cartridge and transported it to an HP3000 and how did you do it? Are 18 track data cartridges available on the HP3000, and, of a standard format between many different systems? Hopefully, they'll give us more options later before 9/1/00 (ie. e-mail, dial-in access, FTP). The site that I'm working with doesn't have a high speed connection to the internet. Data files can get rather large and transferring 10MB files on a dial up could be rather relaxing work. Todd Matteson Business Application Manager Huffy Service First 8521 Gander Creek Drive Miamisburg, OH 45342 E-Mail:[log in to unmask] Phone:(937) 436-5141