Looking for Mr. Good-TMSCP

[Doug Alan]

We want to acquire a Qbus tape controller that emulates TMSCP and
controls tape drives with Pertec interfaces.  It must allow remote
selection of tape density.  Does anyone have any experience, good or
bad, with such an item?  Some such controllers are: Micro Technologies
MSV25, Plessey TCV21, Dilog DQ153, and Emulex QT13.  Does anyone know
of any others?

We also want to acquire a tape switch to connect multiple hosts to one
tape drive, and perhaps multiple hosts to multiple tape drives (all
using Pertec interfaces).  Does anyone had any good or bad experience
with something such as this?  We have been looking at a tape switch by
Eakins.  Does anyone know of any others?

Also, we have strongly been considering getting one these new Exabyte
2.3 Gig 8mm tape drives for use with 4.3BSD Unix.  I infer that there
is currently a problem where only one file can be saved on a tape
convieniently.  Other than that, how well does it seem to work.  Has
anyone had any problems, or is it the answer to everyone's prayers?

Of course, now that we have moved to the topic of SCSI tape drives,
does anyone know of any SCSI switches?

|>oug /\lan

  (or nessus at athena.mit.edu
      nessus at mit-eddie.uucp)