There are 3490-compatible drives that attach to PCs (one example: http://tapedrives-3480to3590.com/134-04-11025) . Get one, use it to read the tape file at the PC end, then FTP the resulting file to your mainframe.
Tim Hare Senior Systems Programmer Florida Department of Transportation (850) 414-4209 Crispin Hugo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 12/29/2006 01:27 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Remote Tape drives Cheers John, I thought channel extenders had a finite distance , like about 250k. I think we are looking for something which would be IP based Crispin Hugo Systems Programmer, Macro 4 ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security Service and the Macro 4 plc internal virus protection system. ________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
