Sent from mobile device that advertises itself for no good reason 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 -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA