Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 19:09:04 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape drive questions/recommendations Message-ID: <199606180209.TAA17172@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199606180158.SAA02818@kithrup.com> from "Sean Eric Fagan" at Jun 17, 96 06:58:48 pm
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Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > > Oh, yeah, I did want to mention the WORST part of the whole deal: twisting > SCSI cables. > > My hard disks, of course, can be oriented right side up, or upside down. > However, my CD-ROM drive and my tape drive have a definite "up" position -- > and they each have pin1 of the SCSI connector on a different end! *grumble* > It was enough to make me understand why people go with external units ;). the archive anaconda is the same way! this may be a characteristic problem with archive tape drives ;( jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB
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