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

[Cory Smelosky]

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On 16 Feb 2014, at 23:00, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

On 02/16/2014 10:54 PM, John Wilson wrote:
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 ...

I think maybe it did not, but it's been awhile since I messed with OS X.

It's gotten awful internally. Keep staying away. I am...intimately acquainted with its internals.


                          -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA