Jeff, I was under the impression that the Autoloaders are *not* supported on the HP3000. You must be using some third party package for you backups. Right? Paul H. Christidis ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: DAT Tapes Online Author: [log in to unmask] at CCGATE Date: 01/05/97 03:06 PM You should think about purchasing an HP AutoLoader. The product number is C1553A. It will hold 6 Dat tapes, and will auto-load the next tape. These units fit in a standard disk rack. I was very impressed with these units, we have purchased 2 and use them in parallel. I think they run about 3k. Jeff Sullivan [log in to unmask]