TITLE
    SCSI Tape OPENSTEP Driver Overview
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Modified: 		72388
12/19/98
12/19/98
TOPIC

    This article discusses a device driver for the OPENSTEP Mach operating system, versions 4.0 through 4.2.

DISCUSSION

    Driver: SCSITape
    Last Update: December 18, 1997

    Availability Information

    No updated versions of this driver are available

    Driver Name / Installer .pkg: SCSITape
    Driver Type: System
    Driver Scope: Generic
    Supported Components:
    PC Bus / Interface Supported by Driver*: SCSI
    Supported Connectors:
    Access Mode: Indirect Driver
    Adapter Memory:

    General Overview notes: This is a SCSI Tape peripheral driver. It supports most SCSI tape drives that use the generic SCSI command set for Tape Devices. A SCSI Host Adapter and associated NEXTSTEP driver are required in order to use this driver

    Special Features of Driver / Driver Notes:
    Sun DAT drives cause other tape drives with higher SCSI ID's to not be registered. This is a hardware problem. The workaround is to place non-Sun tape drives at a lower SCSI ID than the Sun DAT drive.

    Driver Version Notes

    3.31 - Corrects a problem restoring data from tapes. This problem was encountered when using /dev/rst# device nodes, where # is a number. This problem only effects tape reads, so tapes written using this driver should be correct.
    4.00 - Released on OPENSTEP 4.0 User CD-ROM

    * - Indicates information that is inclusive of the entire capability of this driver. Not all devices supported by this driver may include all features listed.

Document Information
Product Area: Apple Software
Category: OPENSTEP
Sub Category: Drivers
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