DeskTape allows you to mount 4-mm and 8-mm tape subsystems on the desktop. You can copy files to or from the tape like you would to a hard disk. Since the tape is a mounted volume, you can view and open documents directly from the tape.
HP 35470, HP 35480, HP C1533, Wangtek 6130HS rev 4B14 or later, Exabyte EXB-8500 rev 0472 or later, EXB-8500C rev 04U0 or later, EXB-8505 rev 04U0 or later, Archive Python 4320NT rev 2.96 or later, Archive Python 4322 rev 3.89 or later, Archive Python 4324 rev 4.28 or later, Archive Python 4326 rev 4.98 or later, WangDAT 1300 rev 2.1 or later, WangDAT 3100 rev 1.9 or later, and WangDAT 3200 rev 1.9 or later.
Some DAT drives can be configured (by a DIP Switch) for SCSI-1 or SCSI-2. Refer to the documentation for your drive to configure it to SCSI-2.
You must have a Macintosh Plus or higher, System 6.0.5 or later, and 2.5 MB of contiguous hard disk space on your startup drive. The startup volume should be a hard disk.
• Drag the DeskTape icon to the System folder. Under System 7, a dialog will appear asking you if you want to place DeskTape in the Control Panels folder. Click OK.
• Restart your Macintosh.
• Insert a blank tape. The standard blank disk dialog should appear. (DAT tapes take 2 to 3 minutes to format.)
• After the format, the tape icon should appear on the desktop. You can now copy files to the tape.
• You should copy at least one file to a newly formatted tape. If you unmount a newly formatted tape without copying at least one file to it, you will be forced to reformat it the next time it is inserted.
• You should NOT share a tape volume over a network. However, you can copy network volumes to a tape.
• Do not use the "Show version" checkbox in the "Views" control panel. This considerably slows down the Finder views for tape windows because the tape has to reposition for each file.
• Some tape drives have non-standard compression formats and you may have problems interchanging tapes with other drives. The preferred compression format is DDS-DC. Also, compressed tapes cannot be used with non-compression drives.
