From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 26 12:27:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA20587 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 12:27:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from iafnl.es.iaf.nl (uucp@iafnl.es.iaf.nl [195.108.17.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA20574 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 12:27:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by iafnl.es.iaf.nl with UUCP id AA26922 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG); Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:26:28 +0100 Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.7.5/8.6.12) id VAA00984; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:16:10 +0100 (MET) From: Wilko Bulte Message-Id: <199703262016.VAA00984@yedi.iaf.nl> Subject: Re: Symbios 53C876 (differential) and 20 GB DLT tape drive To: nadav@cs.technion.ac.il (Nadav Eiron) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 21:16:10 +0100 (MET) Cc: ljo@mcs.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Nadav Eiron" at Mar 26, 97 10:43:29 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8a] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Nadav Eiron wrote... > On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, Lars Jonas Olsson wrote: > > > I'm thinking of buying a DLT subsystem from CSC. Its a 10/20 GB DLT > > drive in external enclosure, cable, terminator, and controller for > > $1495. > > > > The controller is based on Symbios 53C876. Is this likely to work > > with FreeBSD? Is the programming any different or is it only > > electrically different (differential vs single ended)? > > > > What about 10/20 GB DLT drives, can modenr 20/40 GB drives read the > > older tapes? Any other recommended drives? I already have a 2/4 GB DAT > > drive and am looking for something bigger and more reliable. > > AFAIK (and you can probably check quentum's or DEC's web site for details) You need to check with Quantum (www.quantum.com) these days. > all DLT drives can read from and write to all lower-capacity DLT tapes. > The only model I'm not sure about is the 35GB/70GB. I guess it probably > reads/writes 10 and 20 GB tapes, but it's worth checking if it's important > to you. The 10/20Gb (TZ87 in DEC-speak) will also read the lower density tapes. Wilko _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl - Arnhem, The Netherlands |/|/ / / /( (_) Do, or do not. There is no 'try' - Yoda --------------------------------------------------------------------------