[SunHELP] Re: Exabyte Mammoth tapes

[Steffen Grunewald]

On Fri 2000-12-01 (11:24), David Beaudoin wrote:
> A vendor has send me some tar archives on an Exabyte Mammoth
> 8mm tape. The only 8mm drive I have is an Exabyte 8505. When
> I put the tape in the drive it is immediately ejected. Are the
> 8505's not capable of mounting/reading a Mammoth tape?

NO. See www.exabyte.com for a (large) table of (non)compatibility.


Steffen
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