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Conference stkhlm::magtape

Title:MAGNETIC TAPEDRIVES
Moderator:STKHLM::GJOHNSSON
Created:Mon Sep 21 1987
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3775
Total number of notes:13147

3674.0. "Need TKZ60 & Windows NT Reference Customer" by MSDOA::16.179.16.37::WorkBench () Wed Feb 26 1997 22:08

Hello,

We have a customer who has stated that if we can provide 
support for their 3480 tapes they will replace their IBM 
system with no doubt.

We have enough elements to prove this is possible in "theory"
with the TKZ60 tape drive and the Digital Tape Interchange 
Software (Windows NT).

They would like to be sure this will work, but we cannot prove
it until we buy the tape drive, right?

We urgently need a "happy" reference customer. Has anyone tried 
this before?

I would greatly appreciate your help,

Katya Lopez
Technical Sales Support
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name		DateLines
3674.1TAPE::PETERSThu Feb 27 1997 19:015
	I don't know where your going to get a Windows NT driver for
the TKZ60 drive. Without a TKZ60 specific driver it will not work.

			Steve Peters
3674.2Digital Tape InterchangeMSDOA::16.179.16.37::KLOPEZAy, Caramba!Thu Feb 27 1997 19:24101
Digital Tape Interchange System V1.0 for Windows NT Alpha

HIGHLIGHTS

*  Provides reel-to-reel and IBM 3480/3490/3490E tape support on Digital 
   Alpha systems running Windows NT

*  Provides ability to interchange tapes between IBM systems on 
1600/6250BPI 
   reel-to-reel or IBM 3480/3490/3490E tape media

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The Digital Tape Interchange System V1.0 for Windows NT Alpha is a broad 
spectrum magnetic tape interchange software package that allows Digital 
Alpha systems running Windows NT to read ANSI-labeled or IBM- labeled 
tapes written by other vendors' systems.  The software also permits 
tapes 
to be written by Digital Alpha systems running Windows NT in ANSI 
labeled 
or IBM labeled formats so they can be read by computers running other 
operating systems, such as OpenVMS or IBM AIX. The Digital Tape 
Interchange System V1.0 for Windows NT Alpha only supports the Digital 
TSZ07 (1600/6250 BPI reel-to-reel) and the TKZ6x series (IBM 
3480/3490/3490E compatible) tape drives.

Digital Tape Interchange System V1.0 enables users to

*  Modify the operational and other characteristics of Digital TSZ07 
   (reel-to-reel) and TKZ6x (IBM 3480/3490/3490E) magnetic tape drives 
prior 
   to operation

*  Report the operational status and other characteristics of TSZ07 and 
   TKZ6x magnetic tape drives prior to and during operation

*  View the contents of a magnetic tape prior to processing

*  Use a graphical user interface (GUI) to exercise the full complement 
of 
   interchange capabilities

BENEFITS

*  Interchange data between Digital Alpha systems running Windows NT and 
   other vendors' systems on reel-to-reel or IBM 3480/3490/3490E tape 
media

*  Read and write custom and/or non-standard tapes

*  Convert the contents of a magnetic tape to a different format

*  Convert EBCDIC data to ASCII data and ASCII data to EBCDIC data

AVAILABILITY AND ORDERING

The Digital Tape Interchange System V1.0 for Windows NT Alpha is 
available now from Digital and its business partners. A variety of 
service options are also available from Digital.

Order No.      Description
               
               Digital Tape Interchange System V1.0 for Windows NT 
Alpha:
               
QB-4STAA-SA    CD-ROM Package/License
QM-4STAA-AA    System License
QB-4STAA-LD    CD-ROM Loan
QM-4STAA-LD    60 Day Loan
QT-4STAA-ZA    Telephone Support (per month)
QT-4STAA-XA    CD-ROM Package Service (per month)
QT-4STA9-I9    Installation Service

TECHNICAL DATA

Minimum hardware and software requirements

*  Any Digital Alpha system running Windows NT V3.5 or later
*  Any TSZ07, TKZ60, TKZ61, or TKZ62 tape drive

Read/write operations

The read/write conversion capabilities of this interchange
software package are shown in the following chart:


         IBM              IBM             ANSI             ANSI 
         unlabeled        labeled         labedled         unlabeled
                                                           
         Fixed  Variable  Fixed  Variable Fixed  Variable  Fixed 
Variable    

Read     Yes    Yes       Yes    Yes      Yes    No        Yes    No
Write    Yes    No        Yes    No       Yes    No        Yes    No
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