From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 17 08:02:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA23450 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 08:02:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from persprog.com (persprog.com [204.215.255.203]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA23444 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 08:02:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by persprog.com (8.7.5/4.10) id JAA11845; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 09:57:34 -0500 Received: from novell(192.2.2.201) by cerberus.ppi.com via smap (V1.3) id sma011843; Mon Jun 17 10:57:22 1996 Received: from NOVELL/SpoolDir by novell.persprog.com (Mercury 1.12); Mon, 17 Jun 96 10:53:44 +0500 Received: from SpoolDir by NOVELL (Mercury 1.12); Mon, 17 Jun 96 10:53:30 +0500 From: "David Alderman" Organization: Personalized Programming, Inc. To: Michael Smith , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, sef@kithrup.com Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 10:53:29 EST Subject: Re: Tape drive questions/recommendations Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.31) Message-ID: <1175CE021A8@novell.persprog.com> Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > From: Michael Smith > Avoid Conner like the plague. Archive are OK, so are HP, so are Sony, so > are the WangDAT units. The Exabyte is a pretty OK unit, but the 8mm > mechanicals aren't quite as robust as the DATs. As far as I know, Conner DAT drives are Archive (Archive was bought out by Conner which in turn was assimilated by Seagate). What brand appears on the drive is largely a matter of when it was manufactured, marketing, etc. I don't care much for Conner either but are you implying that DAT's made since the Conner branding are deficient? ====================================== When philosophy conflicts with reality, choose reality. Dave Alderman -- dave@persprog.com ======================================