This article is from the storage FAQ part2, by Rodney D. Van Meter with numerous contributions by others.
There are several packages around (mostly for PCs) that will let you use a tape drive like a disk drive. Of course, it's very slow unless it uses some disk-based information as well. See http://www.tapedisk.com for one such product. (rdv, 96/11/4)
 
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