From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 1 10:18:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA15068 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 1 May 1998 10:18:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from panzer.plutotech.com (ken@panzer.plutotech.com [206.168.67.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA15063 for ; Fri, 1 May 1998 10:18:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.plutotech.com) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.plutotech.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id LAA20213; Fri, 1 May 1998 11:18:01 -0600 (MDT) From: "Kenneth D. Merry" Message-Id: <199805011718.LAA20213@panzer.plutotech.com> Subject: Re: Time to get a backup device, suggestions ? In-Reply-To: from Garance A Drosihn at "May 1, 98 01:07:44 pm" To: drosih@rpi.edu (Garance A Drosihn) Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 11:18:01 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28s (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Garance A Drosihn wrote... > At 9:34 PM -0600 4/30/98, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > Another alternative is the Sony AIT. They can store 25MB/50MB, > > and the table of contents and filemarks are stored on a 2KB (they like > > to say 16Kbit) EEPROM in the tape. [etc] > > > > http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/products/storage/tapedrives/ait/ > > In the days of 4-gig drives, 25 to 50 Meg tapes wouldn't be very > interesting... > > Luckily, a quick look at the given URL indicates that the real > capacity is 25/50 *gigabytes*. > > Oops! I hope I'm not afflicted with pointy hair soon...:) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message