Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:34:10 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dave@persprog.com (David Alderman) Cc: louie@TransSys.COM, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are HP DAT drives more unreliable than others? Message-ID: <199701022304.JAA17610@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199701021620.LAA22641@persprog.com> from David Alderman at "Jan 2, 97 11:19:42 am"
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David Alderman stands accused of saying: > > > I still have an old TK50 in my garage. You should have seen the > error messages I got when I foolishly tried to use it with FreeBSD! > Is a TK50 good for anything these days (other than a doorstop, that > is)? That would be a TZ50, not a TK50, correct? (SCSI interface...) TK50's are good for getting NetBSD up on Vax hardware, and I find that if you disable the spool latch and stand in front of a DEC oldtimer and idly start reeling the tape out they go interesting shades of green for a second or so. > Seriously, the new DLT's are supposedly quite reliable and with > capacities of 20 Gigabytes or more, DLT's are quite common on big > file servers these days. I cannot vouch for them personally, > however. The only gotcha I've heard with DLT's is that they're a bit on the fragile side, but I've never had an opportunity to confirm that. > Dave Alderman -- dave@persprog.com -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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