Patent ID: 11892961
Assignee: MAGSTOR INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A magnetic tape drive, said tape drive comprising:
a SAS-compliant tape drive module, the SAS-compliant tape drive module comprising a Linear Tape-Open (LTO) magnetic tape drive module; and
a USB-C to SAS assembly having one or more controllers operatively coupled to a USB-C connector and a SAS connector, the SAS connector of the USB-C to SAS assembly operatively coupled to the SAS-compliant tape drive module, the USB-C to SAS assembly configured to enable the magnetic tape drive to interface a USB-C-compliant computing device with the SAS-compliant tape drive module, and the USB-C to SAS assembly configured to transmit tape commands received at the USB-C connector to the SAS-compliant tape drive module via the one or more controllers and the SAS connector.