Perfect! It actually works! I'm excited because I've had this tape drive for about 5 years...and it's just been lying around. Now I have put it to good use!
Trying to format a take to mount on the desktop...suggestions? -Jake On Dec 4, 9:27 pm, "dale-gmail" <[email protected]> wrote: > tar backups: > suntar > .http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/cmp/suntar-223.hqx > > dale > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "glen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 5:00 PM > Subject: Re: Mac SE SCSI > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jake <[email protected]> > > > Second issue: I have an old tape drive (DDS2) that connects to my SCSI > > chain. It is an old HP C1539, I think, and I cannot get Mac OS 7.6.1 > > to format and read from the tapes. I have tried MicroNet and Lido > > software, and nothing will even acknowledge that a tape is present! It > > sees the drive (Sequential-Access Tape Drive), and a model number and > > other pieces of minor info, but it doesn't see the tape. Is it > > possible to use an old tape drive like that as another drive? For > > example, can I insert a tape into the drive, and (somehow) store files > > to it like I can a hard drive? > > Is it the lack of software I'm using should I be using something more > > specific? If so, DL links would be appreciated! > > In my limited experience with tape backup on an SE, it is nothing like a HDD > backup. > > IIRC backup software and drivers came with the tape drive. The software > would allow you back up or restore a specified HDD, volume, folder, or > perhaps a specific file if all that was needed. To restore you would have to > go to that backup session and restore the entire session. It was not a drag > and drop operation. > > My memory is fuzzy but don't think anything disk icon mounted on the desktop > during the backup. Others will add and/or correct. --glen > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs:http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
