Support for 4mm tape drives?

I know this probably isn't the best forum for this, but I didn't see any forums for deal with periphrials at all...
At work, we occasionally get some 4mm DDS-3 tapes that we have to read (pretty simple, just use Unix's "dd" command), and the Sun computer we've been using, we're getting ready to retire (for other reasons). HP makes 4mm tape drives (still makes DDS-3's but also DDS-4's and DAT72's), and makes USB and SCSI models. See
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/storage/tapestorage/datdrives.html
MacOS X has "dd". Macs have USB. A MacMini is cheaper than say a new Sun. But will a MacMini with MacOS X 10.4 be able to use an HP USB based 4mm tape drive? Is it supported? Can I use it with "dd"? Really, I suspect the question is MacOS X specific, and not specific to MacMini's, but again, for lack of an appropriate forum for this question...
If you've used an HP USB based 4mm drive (DDS-3, DDS-4, DAT72) with a Mac, let me know. I've searched Apple's web site for 4mm and came up with nothing related. If this information is out there, it's well hidden.

You might try asking in the Mac OS X 10.4 area. I think you'd be more likely to find someone who knows there, should there be an answer (probably not many mini owners use 4mm tape).
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