HB> Does anyone have some information and/or sources on programming
HB> SCSI DAT tape streamers?

If it's a streamer, you just install the driver (maybe you only need to plug
it in if it can snoop the SCSI bus)....
Other than that it depends on the operating system, and possibly the hardware.

streaming tape units log writes made to the drive as they happen right?

                        
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