SUMMARY: Reading Sun tar files with Windows NT

Susan Thielen (thielen@irus.rri.uwo.ca)
Wed, 09 Apr 1997 15:52:10 -0400 (EDT)

Original question

>What software exists out there, preferably shareware, that
>will allows Sun tar files on an exabyte tape be read on
>a Windows NT box?? THe NT thing has some very silly
>software that merely states that the tape is Foreign...

Solution

Use Wintar

see http://www.spiralcomm.com/

I used wtar222 and it worked.. Now you'd probably want to
download the win tar scsi edition. star223u.zip.

Thanks for all the help!

sue

Susan KJ Thielen System/Network Manager
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