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From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Is this (SCSI) tape drive compatible with FreeBSD?
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On Sun, Aug 31, 1997 at 01:37:47PM +0930, Mike Smith wrote:
>> The drives aren't *that* robust- I'd say an old 9 track is
>> more robust, mechanical, not vacuum. It's data density is very low though.
>
> I wasn't comparing them to a 1/2" transport, but rather to a 4mm or 8mm
> mechanism.  You will note that, in fact, I specifically mentioned that
> the only commercially active 1/2" transport currently on the market
> (DLT) was probably *more* robust.

DLT is 1/2"?  News to me.  And certainly DLT isn't what people think
of when you talk 1/2" tape.

Greg