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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:01:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Drifter <drifter@stratos.net>
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Subject: Re: Looking advice on SCSI tape drive
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On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Drifter wrote:

> 
> 	Hi, 
> 	I am not ready to fork out a large amount of cash right now. But I 
> am interested in getting some advice in advance on what scsi DDS tape drives
> will work with my Adaptech 1520 card. (SCSI II)
> 	In a release notes file, I noticed that they said that
> there was "weak support" for this card -- yet it works just fine with my
> ZIP drive. Would I be looking for trouble if I got a DDS for that type.
> 	In any case, I am looking for a replacement for my Iomega Ditto
> Floppy Tape drive -- since apparently there is no driver for it and people
> here, apparently, have some moral problems with floppy drives :)
> 	BTW, I am using FreeBSD 2.2.5.
> 	PS: Any advice an SCSI hard drives -- I am looking for the right
> balance between size (500 MB minumum -- 2 GIG maximum) and price. Thanks

The Connor tapes may interest you.  We have a 4GB tape drive that works
fine that was $399, I think.  That was a couple of years ago.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major