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To: gtc@aloft.att.com (gary.corcoran)
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Subject: Re: Can't read this stupid DAT tape - ARGH! 
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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 01:53:41 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Might this be a DDS-2 tape (high density recording) trying to be read by
> a DDS-1 tape drive?

That's a good point - I had forgotten that there were two varieties.

My drive probes as:

(ahc0:3:0): "ARCHIVE Python 28388-XXX 4.98" type 1 removable SCSI 2
st0(ahc0:3:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x13,  drive empty

And the tape was written on an SGI Indigo 2, not that I have any idea
what kind of tapes those use.

Any clues as to how to find this kind of information out?

					Jordan