Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:43:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: obrien@antares.aero.org (Mike O'Brien) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Good, cheap 8mm tape system needed Message-ID: <199607151943.MAA04737@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199607150011.RAA05803@antares.aero.org> from "Mike O'Brien" at Jul 14, 96 05:11:45 pm
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Mike O'Brien wrote: > > My Colorado Jumbo 350 floppy tape drive just blew up its motor for the > second time and I'm abandoning that product line. It's just not reliable: I've > had endless problems with media errors, hardware breakage, and the lack of > support under FreeBSD. > > It's time to get a real tape drive. I'm looking for a good 4 or 8mm > tape subsystem that a) works under things like Norton Backup (for the DOS > side of the house) and b) works right under FreeBSD as a no-fuss no-bother > SCSI tape drive. > > Is this available for under $1,000? If so, what is it, and where is it? > > Thanks! > > Mike O'Brien > aka Mr. Protocol, on a good day at least, which so far this is not > take a look at the hardware section of the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html hit the link "10.4 Storage Devices" then go to "10.4.5.3 scsi drives" several formats and ~20 scsi tape drives are listed jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB
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