Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 00:33:07 +0000 () From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se (Samy Touati) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Non SCSI Tape drive Message-ID: <199511090033.AAA08193@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.Sola.3.91.951108115049.371A-100000@bolos> from "Samy Touati" at Nov 8, 95 11:52:27 am
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Samy Touati stands accused of saying: > > I'm in the process of buying a tape drive for the FBSD 2.1. > What kind of tapes rive I can buy? > I'm looking at buying a Conner or a Colorado or something like that. Don't. Non-SCSI tape drives will just give you trouble. Buy a really cheap SCSI controller like an Adaptec 1540, and a decent SCSI tape unit. The extra money is more than worth it in terms of saved hassles, speed and reliability. > Samy -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[
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