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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HP C1533A DAT tape ?
Date: 27 Oct 1996 14:12:06 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) wrote:

> >Ah, it's even simpler. :)
> 
> >Try the `mt comp 1' command.

> 	Well, since I have the hardware handy, I'll check it :-) Can
> anyone think of a way to check to see whether the tape s really being
> writeen with compression

I assume it will loudly complain if it doesn't grok the SCSI commands
issued by `mt comp 1'.

You should also notice it when looking at the data rate.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
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