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On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Mike Scott wrote:

> I need a tape drive for my FreeBSD 2.1.0.  I have an adaptec
> aha-1540cf/1542cf scsi controler.  I would like to know a current vendor
> part number for a drive.  

There are many SCSI tape drives that work well under FreeBSD.  We have a
Connor 4GB QIC-3020 model that works very nicely.  

Just steer clear of the floppy-interfaced tapes and you should be OK.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major