Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:24:23 -1000 From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) To: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tape drive questions/recommendations Message-ID: <199606180224.QAA08672@pegasus.com> In-Reply-To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> "Re: Tape drive questions/recommendations" (Jun 18, 11:08am)
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} > |All of the units you've listed are 'true' 4mm DAT units. I'm no fan of
} > |Exabytes, as they have a fascist repair policy and their spare parts are
} > |astronomically expensive 8(, so keep on ignoring them 8)
} >
} > Just for comparison, I just had a WangDAT 3200 repaired
} > by the factor (now Tekmar) and they charged a flat fee
} > of $300. I wonder how Sony and HP compare on repairs?
} > If they are more reasonable I'd switch.
}
} Well, for comparison, Exabyte's fixed-price repair policy here in
} Australia is AUD$800 flat. I have a unit here with a dead 'CD' board
} (data seperator). It's about 2"x4", contains a handful of surface-mount
} logic and was quoted to me at AUD$700 replacement.
}
The prices for Exabyte repair vary according to the model. Here are
some outfits that repair Exabytes, some with flat-rate prices in U.S.
Dollars for the 8200 8mm unit and the 4200 DAT:
Vendor 8200 4200
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Computer Disk Service, 805-499-6355 $195 $275
Digicad Corp., 714-724-8600 $200 $275
Global Data Center Inc. 800-200-1718 $195 $245
Nekton Technologies 818-335-4173
Aver 619-568-4351
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Richard
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