Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:35:45 -0500 (EST) From: michael squires <mikes@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DAT tape drives Message-ID: <199607161335.IAA11791@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu>
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The changeover from DDS to DDS-2 tapes has resulted in a lot of DAT tape drives being dumped on the surplus market. I'm not in the California area (any more) so I don't know what's availalble there, or in some other large urban area, but: JEM Computers (has a Web site, but it changed names recently and the old site is currently down) sells the Conner autoloader for $495 and the 12-DAT cartridge for $100. These appear to be unused. They are said to be usable as a single tape drive but would be difficult to load; they come with a 4-DAT cartridge. The same drive is also sold, at the same price, by Corporate Systems Center (www.corpsys.com) but the 12-DAT cartridge is $200. Both companies have also sold single DAT drives from time to time. CSC is also currently selling the Seagate ST43400N for aboout $330, new/ unused, with a 1 year warranty. I've bought stuff from both companies with no problems.
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