From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun Sep 7 17:00:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA18982 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA18961; Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:00:16 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199709080000.RAA18961@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is this (SCSI) tape drive compatible with FreeBSD? To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 1997 17:00:16 -0700 (PDT) Cc: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "John Fieber" at Sep 7, 97 06:26:04 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk John Fieber wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > John Fieber wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 7 Sep 1997, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > > > > > > 1.35GB scsi tape drive is what i use. bought mine from > > > > www.corpsys.com > > > > Archive FSCSI H/H 1300MB 1/4in > > > > New, 90 day warranty (No tape) > > > > $170 > > > > > > How fast? > > > > 477 KBytes/sec > > Hm.... I'll have to give this some serious though. The speed > and capacity are about 5 times that of the viper, and the media > cost per byte is about half. What sort of tapes does this use? full-size QIC tapes, the rugged ones with the aluminum plate. label reads: Maxell DC-9135 1.35 gigabytes 1/4" data cartridge 900 Oe 38,750 FTPI 760ft/232M jmb