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Subject: Re: HP DAT tape drives
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rohit@cs.UMD.EDU writes:
> 
> Are any of the HP DAT tape drives 1534/1536 (external if that makes
> a difference) known to work on FreeBSD 2.1.0/2.1.5?

Yes.  I use a 1536 and an older 35470A.  No problems.  Use large block
sizes (65 kb) for best performance.
 
> On a similar note : is there an external version of the Archive/Python DAT 
> drives? I couldn't find the company web page, so a URL would help too.

Archive got bought out by Conner got bought out by Seagate.  I'd try
Seagate first.

Greg