Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 16:38:39 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dave@persprog.com (David Alderman) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, sef@kithrup.com Subject: Re: Tape drive questions/recommendations Message-ID: <199606180708.QAA24242@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <1175CE021A8@novell.persprog.com> from "David Alderman" at Jun 17, 96 10:53:29 am
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David Alderman stands accused of saying: > > > From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> > > > Avoid Conner like the plague. Archive are OK, so are HP, so are Sony, so > > are the WangDAT units. The Exabyte is a pretty OK unit, but the 8mm > > mechanicals aren't quite as robust as the DATs. > > As far as I know, Conner DAT drives are Archive (Archive was bought > out by Conner which in turn was assimilated by Seagate). What brand > appears on the drive is largely a matter of when it was manufactured, > marketing, etc. I don't care much for Conner either but are you > implying that DAT's made since the Conner branding are > deficient? Badge engineering and old models. Drives originally designed by Archive, or by the Archive people at Conner to be 'Archive' drives, or by the Archive people now with Seagate (if there are any) are more likely to be good units than those originally produced by Conner and the Conner team. Seagate never did tapes, so I don't know about the curent state of play with the 'Archive' name. > Dave Alderman -- dave@persprog.com -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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