Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 16:40:34 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) Cc: michaelv@HeadCandy.com, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for help selecting tape device Message-ID: <199605172340.QAA00678@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199605172122.LAA11062@pegasus.com> from "Richard Foulk" at May 17, 96 11:21:55 am
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Richard Foulk wrote: > > } > Since when can you get SCSI tape drives for the same price as cheap > } > floppy-controller tape drivers? I've yet to see one even close... > } > } since several months ago. the HP Colorado T1000 cost about $200US > } the archive anaconda 1.3GB QIC scsi drive costs $195US > } http://www.corpsys.com/ > } > } i hvae some detailed info available on the drive. > } > > This is one of the most expensive `cheap drives' around. > > Computer Disk Service (805-499-6355) is selling Exabyte 8200s for $299. > ah, $300, well had i know then what i know now and all that. new? refurb? the anaconda is new. oh well > The QIC drive with ten tapes will cost about $450. > > The Exabyte, which stores 2.3GB per 8mm tape, will cost about $350 with > ten tapes! > > If you don't like the Exabyte for some reason then check into the 4mm > DAT drives. The tapes are a bit more expensive than the 8mm, but still > less than a third the price of the QIC tapes. > > The reason the QIC drives are so cheap is because no one wants them > because the tapes are too expensive. > > > Richard >
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