![]() ![]() The next step was to transfer the tape drive to my hack, and try to get it working. I was handed some more blank cartridges and a cleaning tape for the drive. Fortunatly, I was just able to leave the screaming jet engine of a tape drive running in a corner doing its thing, and pumped up the volume of my sound system to drown out the noise The morning following the next I had erased all the cartridges and took the windows computer back to the business. Each tape took AGES to erase - apparently a full wipe is one of the longest operations you can do with one of these. This I did with HP Library and Tape Tools with a windows box, which had an adaptec 29320LPE card in it. I'm on good terms with the business owner that gave me the drives and he knows I'll do as requested. ![]() I've been recently lucky lately when it comes to hardware - I was given an LTO-4 tape drive for $100 and a few cartridges which had been used once on the proviso I erased the tapes. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide ![]()
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