Robert Pelletier wrote:
Hi All. Once again I look to the group for help. Our data feeding agency
has upgraded to 3490E - 36 track devices. We are still 3480E-16 track
devices. We can't read their cart. Is there anything that can be done so
we can read what they are sending us? I am not sure if TRTCH=NOCOMP will
work. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
1. I think 3480 is 18-track and 3490E is 36-track device.
2. AFAIK no mainframe-attached 3490E can write 18-trk tapes. However it
can read the 18-trk tapes. I was told there is a version of 3490E, but
non-mainframe-attached which is able to write 18-trk tapes.
3. 3480 CST tape is 200MB, approx. 400MB after compression.
Why don't you buy (if don't have any yet) DVD burner device to you PC ?
DVD burner is approx $50-60 and 4.7GB single-layered media is approx.
$0.20. (prices from Poland)
You can also give such equipment to your agency if they do not have it.
After that you can transfer the data to PC using ftp.
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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