moving 0.25" tapes between sun and 3b2 (was: Re: Writing HP cartridge tapes on a Sun 3)

[Robert Claeson]

In article <337 at occrsh.ATT.COM>, rjd at occrsh.ATT.COM (Randy_Davis) writes:

> In article <308 at pvab.UUCP> robert at pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) writes:

> >In article <2871 at ttrdc.UUCP>, levy at ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy) writes:

> >> If you have the 60 MB SCSI drive (such as what the 3B2/600 has builtin, or
> >> available as a SCSI accessory for other 3B machines), tapes written on
> >> it are readable using /dev/[n]rst8 on a SUN with 0.25" cartridge tape drive
> >> and vice versa.  The 23 MB 3B2/400 streaming drive isn't compatible with
> >> anything on the SUN however.

> >Oh, I tried it with a 3b2/400. Thought the /400 and the /600 were
> >compatible.

>   What do *you* mean by compatible???  Yes, they *ARE* compatible...

With "compatible" I mean that I will be able to run a /400 program on
a /600 (which I can) and, for small programs, use a floppy disk or two
to move my /400 program to the /600 machine (which I also can) or, for
larger programs, use a cartridge tape for the same purpose (which I can't
with the built-in tape drive; however, I now know there is an external
QIC-24 drive for the /400 machine as I got to know in a message I received
a few hours ago and as you points out in your article).

Can we please close the subject now?