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Date:      Tue, 21 May 1996 12:39:47 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
To:        rich@lamprey.utmb.edu
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Looking for help selecting tape device
Message-ID:  <199605211039.MAA24071@allegro.lemis.de>
In-Reply-To: <199605191408.JAA04637@richc.isdn.bcm.tmc.edu> from "Rich Murphey" at May 19, 96 09:08:16 am

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Rich Murphey writes:
>
> |From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
> |Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 23:09:30 +0930 (CST)
> |Cc: richard@pegasus.com, michaelv@HeadCandy.com, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org
> |
> |Jonathan M. Bresler stands accused of saying:
> |> > This is one of the most expensive `cheap drives' around.
> |> >
> |> > Computer Disk Service (805-499-6355) is selling Exabyte 8200s for $299.
> |> >
> |>
> |> 	ah, $300, well had i know then what i know now
> |> 	and all that.  new?  refurb?  the anaconda is new.
> |
> |Almost certainly refurb.  The 8200 is fine as long as you're _very_
> |kind and loving.  If anything breaks, it's a throwaway.
> |
> |I don't consider it to be a very good buy these days, unless you're
> |into picking them up at auctions for ~$50 each.
>
> I've got a wangdat 3200 (4Gb w/compression) that can
> now be had for about $400 used.  It started eating
> tapes after 1.5 years and the factory (Rexon) wanted
> $300 to fix it.  That's pretty close to being throwaway
> too.
>
> I'm sure it will fail again in less than a year and I'm
> just not sure whether to go with an HP DAT drive next.
> HP only has a year warranty as far as I know.  

Don't worry, that's enough.  I bought one two years ago, and I've
replaced it three times.  When checking the warranty, they just look
at the date of manufacture.

> I'd probably get a HP C1533A from Rod if I had it to do over again,
> but I wish there were something that lasted longer.

Exactly.  I wish I understood why these things are so unreliable.

Greg




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