when i was still mastering onto DAT, i was using a dds drive. i still have it in the machine, but it's not getting any play now that 24-bit USB 2.0 transfers are all the rage in my life! :-)
i use(d) dat2wav, and it met my needs. only thing i could never really get working that i wanted to was exporting error logs to a text file. i've seen such a text file in a FLAC set somewhere, so i know it must be possible, i could just never grok how to get it going.
drag and drop via USB or firewire sure is sexier, though...