Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:49:03 -0500 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: Jim Marker <jemstone@ifx.net> Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Any SCSI Tape Drive OK? Message-ID: <199709260449.XAA00958@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Jim Marker <jemstone@ifx.net> of "Thu, 25 Sep 1997 21:36:35 BST." <342ACB4E.8422379D@ifx.net>
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Jim Marker writes: > > I am considering buying a Seagate 4-8 Gig Tape Drive for my FreeBSD > system. Any opinions? It is very inexpensive ($409) compared to the > other 4-8 Gig Drives out there. Archive 4326 with a couple of letters following? I have 3 of 'em. Two on PowerMacs, the third is going in the space currently occupied by a useless 5-1/4" floppy drive in this system. Have about 20 other various Archive DAT drives at work on SGI and Solaris systems. Currently have a couple Archive 4350XT's on my work FreeBSD system. Am playing with tcopy. These are "only" 2G DAT drives. It is a DAT, right? Running a Real OS, you want Real HD's (SCSI) and Real Tape Drives (4mm DAT, 8mm, or the big QIC format, on SCSI). None of those cheapo junk PC products on floppy or ATAPI/IDE interfaces. As a point of curiosity, wondering where you're seeing that price, if its the drive I'm thinking about. Found my 3 drives at http://www.onsale.com during a rare moment when their auction prices were not bidding above an interesting price. About a month ago, $289 each, Seagate refurbs, with 1-year Seagate warranty. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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