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*    ArchiveViper150Tool.tar.Z
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*    This program is a tool to access a tape drive like "Archive Viper 150" from
*    a NeXT computer. (compiled under NS2.1)
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*    tape [-f device] [fsf|fsr|bsf|bsr|rew|end] [count]
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*    tape -f device        : set device, default is /dev/nrst0 (not rewinding!)
*    tape fsf              : Forward space 1 (count) EOF marks
*    tape fsr              : Forward space 1 (count) records
*    tape bsf              : Back space 1 (count) EOF marks
*    tape bsr              : Back space 1 (count) records
*    tape rew              : rewind tape
*    tape end              : space to EOF (behind last EOF mark)
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*    tape < file           : write file to tape
*    tape > file           : read file from tape
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*    examples:
*    tar cvf - files | tape     : write files on the tape using tar    
*    tape | tar xvf - files     : read files from the tape using tar
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*    written by Max Boehm (boehm@cs.uni-duesseldorf.de)
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