OS X (lack of) tape support, was Re: [HECnet] tape image manipulations...

[John Wilson]

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>

Apple suddenly and arbitrarily removed the tape drivers from OS X
years ago.   That was one reason why I dumped OS X.   They unilaterally
decided that I didn't need tape support, and I don't like being told how
to conduct my business.

Does it have any kind of raw SCSI interface, like /dev/sg* on Linux?
It'd be easy to work around the lack of real tape drivers if so ...

John Wilson
D Bit