There are channel extension boxes that will do this. McData is one
vendor that comes to mind, but I'm sure there are others.
Dennis
"I'll tell you a secret: When your number comes up, you're going to go.
Well, every morning I get up, I change my number." -- Edward Chun,
Pearl Harbor survivor
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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:16
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: [IBMVM] Remote Tape drives
Chaps,
Any suggestions on ways we could have a tape drive 3490 in a remote
location attached to our mainframe. We are talking about 1 thousand of
miles. Speed is not important
Crispin Hugo
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