Date: Tue, 03 Sep 1996 15:05:29 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, bmcgloth@mail.vt.edu, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DAT for sure! Message-ID: <m0uy3b7-0003xQC@main.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Sep 1996 12:39:24 -1000." <199609022239.MAA01420@pegasus.com> References: <199609022239.MAA01420@pegasus.com>
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richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) wrote:
> No, honest, I'm not kidding (and I'm still alive!). I've used quite a
> few of these drives and I know others that have had good results with
> them too. Here's what my 2.1.5-STABLE system says:
>
> (aha0:2:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 252X" type 1 removable SCSI 1
...and mine registers as "EXABYTE EXB-8200 265T" and (if I remember correctly)
has a manufacture date in late 1994.
> No glitches, no messing around, it just works.
Yup...me too.
> There were some problems with some Exabytes in the past, but that was a
> *long* time ago. And even back then they mostly worked. Many of the
> problems in the past were due to shakey device drivers -- but that's
> because Exabytes go way back.
I've heard those sorts of stories too, but I think they were about drives from
1991 or thereabouts. When I mentioned to someone that I was considering buying
one, I got the definite recommendation to avoid the old ones.
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div)
1700 Westlake Ave N #500
scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109
Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org
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