From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jan 9 17:02:53 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id RAA03683 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 17:02:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id RAA03672 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 1997 17:02:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id LAA29475; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 11:32:20 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701100102.LAA29475@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Recommend 8mm exabyte drives? In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970109183706.006936c4@pop.dial.pipex.com> from Simon Reading at "Jan 9, 97 06:58:04 pm" To: aat81@dial.pipex.com (Simon Reading) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 11:32:19 +1030 (CST) Cc: gfoster@gfoster.com, grog@lemis.de, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] 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 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 [[