Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 11:32:19 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: aat81@dial.pipex.com (Simon Reading) Cc: gfoster@gfoster.com, grog@lemis.de, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommend 8mm exabyte drives? Message-ID: <199701100102.LAA29475@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970109183706.006936c4@pop.dial.pipex.com> from Simon Reading at "Jan 9, 97 06:58:04 pm"
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Simon Reading stands accused of saying: > I'm considering 8mm exabyte as a (?more reliable) alternative to 4mm DAT. > > Would you recommend these drives? Providing you appreciate that any computer tape unit requires continual care and respect, they're quite OK units. However, if you abuse them, they'll bite you just as hard as any other. > Simon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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