Re: QIC tape support & as/436

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tommy,

	All the QIC drives were SCSI so they won't connect to a POWER7 or 8. 
They do work at least on i 7.1 as I have one connected to an old POWER5 
with that release. I can certainly convert that to any format you'd like 
(especially easy if you'd like LTO. :-)  ) Or it could go onto an RDX or 
even a USB key given a 436 likely isn't very big. :-) Of course it could 
also go into an image catalog for FTP as well.

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On 9/16/2015 8:59 PM, Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> A colleague of mine has a client with an old as/436 (yep that?s right a
> 436!) and they are looking at getting a shiny new system.  The problem
> (well other than doing multiple upgrades in the process) is that the only
> drive on the system is the trusty internal QIC tape drive.  Since I?m not
> really that much of a hardware guy I thought I?d see if anyone knows if
> there are external QIC drives that will work with a new system (most
> likely entry level and cheapest on the market) running on v7.2.  I suspect
> they might be SOL on that front. According to the midrange.com wiki it
> appears that the 436 can run v5r1 and if I?m reading that correctly then
> we can handle most of the stuff up to that point then it?s finding someone
> that can restore to v5r4 & save at v5r4 and load that to the v7.2 box.
> Maybe I?m underestimating but I love seeing any company stepping forward
> instead of clinging to the past so any assistance would be most
> appreciated!
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden