PC to IBM 3490 tape

Hi,

I am very new to any concepts of storing data on an IBM tape drive and
would appreciate if someone could help me out suggesting a solution.

I have data stored in a MS ACCESS database which is updated daily on a
Windows XP environment. I have to convert and store this data on an IBM
3490 catridge in EBCDIC format ( fixed block record
format). Please suggest what software/hardware do i need to put on my
PC to get this working.


Thanks a lot for help

Sid

sid_mulpuru wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am very new to any concepts of storing data on an IBM tape drive and
> would appreciate if someone could help me out suggesting a solution.
>
> I have data stored in a MS ACCESS database which is updated daily on a
> Windows XP environment. I have to convert and store this data on an IBM
> 3490 catridge in EBCDIC format ( fixed block record
> format). Please suggest what software/hardware do i need to put on my
> PC to get this working.
>
>
> Thanks a lot for help
>
> Sid
>
I haven't fooled with a 3490 in quite some time, but usually they are
hooked up to a IBM mainframe via 'Buss and Tag' (main frame channels) or
native controllers on a AS/400. There may be a model that hooked up to
a PC based machine that emulated a main frame operating system. The
only one of these systems I ever saw ran OS/2 under the covers.

Typing in PC 3490 gave some 344,000 hits in Google. It looks like you
aren't the first to want to do this. It looks like some do a conversion
and some have hardware for sale.

Good luck,

John