From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 17 18:07:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA13620 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:07:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA13615 for ; Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:07:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA21009; Tue, 18 Jun 1996 11:08:35 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199606180138.LAA21009@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Tape drive questions/recommendations To: rich@rich.isdn.bcm.tmc.edu Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 11:08:33 +0930 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, sef@kithrup.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199606171521.KAA00678@richc.isdn.bcm.tmc.edu> from "Rich Murphey" at Jun 17, 96 10:21:02 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Rich Murphey stands accused of saying: > > |All of the units you've listed are 'true' 4mm DAT units. I'm no fan of > |Exabytes, as they have a fascist repair policy and their spare parts are > |astronomically expensive 8(, so keep on ignoring them 8) > > Just for comparison, I just had a WangDAT 3200 repaired > by the factor (now Tekmar) and they charged a flat fee > of $300. I wonder how Sony and HP compare on repairs? > If they are more reasonable I'd switch. Well, for comparison, Exabyte's fixed-price repair policy here in Australia is AUD$800 flat. I have a unit here with a dead 'CD' board (data seperator). It's about 2"x4", contains a handful of surface-mount logic and was quoted to me at AUD$700 replacement. As for the Sonys, we've never had to get them fixed, so I don't actually know what they're like. > Rich -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[