Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 09:25:29 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com>, FreeBSD SCSI <freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Info wanted: Exabyte EXB-8500 Message-ID: <19980329092529.49290@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980328072406.dburr@POBoxes.com>; from Donald Burr on Sat, Mar 28, 1998 at 07:24:06AM -0800 References: <XFMail.980328072406.dburr@POBoxes.com>
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On Sat, 28 March 1998 at 7:24:06 -0800, Donald Burr wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > I'm considering the purchase of an Exabyte EXB-8500 tape drive to go with > my FreeBSD system, since I need a decent backup device (Zip disks just > ain't cutting it anymore, especially since I got this new 4.3 GB drive...) > > I thought I'd consult the FreeBSD community, before making my purchase. I > have the following questions: > > 1. Does this drive work OK with FreeBSD? Any weird behavior or other > gotcha's that I should be aware of? I had one for quite a while. No problems relating to FreeBSD (but the drive died on me). > 2. Will it work with an Adaptec AHA-2940AU PCI UltraSCSI (narrow) adapter? Yes. > 3. Is anyone using this combo? How's it work? I'm using an 8505 with a 2940UW. I did have it on the 2940 before. It works fine on both. > 4. (I figure I might as well ask this while I've got your attention) > My source for this drive is someone posting in misc.forsale.*. Now, I > usually have pretty good luck buying from the net (in fact, I have had no > ripoffs to date), but this is primarily due to me carefully reading the ad, > judging the person's character, etc. One of the "warning flags" that I > look for is a "too good to be true" price, which usually means that the > guy is trying to scam me by taking my money and not sending the drive. > Unfortunately, I'm not sure what these units are worth these days, so I > don't have a price to base this comparison on. The price I'm being offered > is $150 for an unit that is (obviously) used but in working order. It is > an external unit (i.e. in its own case). Is this about what I should > expect? Would I be paying too much? Or would I be paying way too little > for this drive? (danger will robinson!)? I bought my 8500 via Usenet. I wasn't happy. I paid *much* more than you (over $1000), but that was a while ago. Still, $150 sounds *very* low. Be cautious. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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