How to upgrade the IBM 60/120GB 8mm Mammoth Tape drive.  
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       This page describes the process for upgrading the
       firmware in the IBM 60/120Gb 8mm Mammoth tape drive.

       You will need to download the Expert74.exe, 8ck3v02p.i, and
       Boot8mm.exe files to complete this action.
      
       Using EXPERT
       Expert74.exe will extract to build its own Expert folder.  It is a large
       a file and will not fit on a 1.44Mb diskette image.  

       EXPERT is a DOS-based program that you can use to load firmware over
       the SCSI bus. 

            Advantages: 

                 You can download it from this web site for free. 
                 No special cables are required. 

            Disadvantages: 

                 You will need to bring down the system.  For example, if
                 the tape drive is connected to a Novell server, you must
                 bring down the server, and boot into a DOS environment with
                 ASPI suppport.  For convenience a bootable DOS ASPI support
                 diskette has been created and is available as Boot8mm.EXE 
                 on the IBM support site.  After booting to DOS change to 
                 the directory where Expert was extracted and upload the 
                 firmware. 

            Note: EXPERT does not run under the Windows NT 32-bit
            operating system. Therefore, you cannot shell to DOS from
            Windows NT and use EXPERT. 

       To upgrade your firmware with EXPERT: 

         1.Download EXPERT from this web site. 
         2.Download the firmware file for 60/120GB 8mm Mammoth. 
         3.Follow the instructions in Using EXPERT to Load Firmware to an
            8mm Tape Drive.