Yes, if you had a single Frame of each side by side and took a quick
look, you'd think they were the same.  The "Big Iron" is same design.
Main difference is the electronics of the library, 3584 is more
advanced.
No OS/2 computer for library manager.  All now on CPU boards, can
control from front LCD Panel or Web interface.

David Longo

>>> Thomas.Denier AT MAIL.TJU DOT EDU 12/16/02 02:14PM >>>
> If they had turned a good mechical engineer loose on it to build a
new slot
> design it could have handled lto carts also.
> used it for lto carts also

As far as I can tell, the 3584 UltraScalable Tape Library IBM markets
for
LTO and DLT tapes is a 3494 with a different slot design.


"MMS <health-first.org>" made the following
 annotations on 12/16/2002 02:23:16 PM
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This message is for the named person's use only.  It may contain confidential, 
proprietary, or legally privileged information.  No confidentiality or 
privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission.  If you receive this 
message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your 
system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender.  You must not, 
directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of 
this message if you are not the intended recipient.  Health First reserves the 
right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks.  Any views or 
opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, 
except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a 
particular entity;  and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such 
views or opinions.

==============================================================================