Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 15:29:40 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape storage media. Message-ID: <199604032229.PAA20212@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <9604031950.AA10319@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu> from "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" at Apr 3, 96 02:50:25 pm
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> I was wondering if anybody could tell me all the possible tape storage > devices that are supported by FreeBSD and most PC's. The hardware > document that came with FreeBSD makes mention of the Wangtek and Archive > QIC-02/QIC-36 to be connected to /dev/wt0. Are these models the only > supported model? Like everyone OEM's QIC-80 drives from Colorado, everyone OEM's other QIC drives (11/24/etc.) from Cypher (push-click-little-stop-tab-that-breaks) and from Archive (slide-on-left-side-of-door-CLUNK-whirrrr). The wt0 has worked on the NCR, Computone, etc. drives that I've tried (the Computone QIC-24 controller can be jumpered for QIC-11; good thing to remember if you have a Sun-3 or Metheus box, since they are QIC-11). > Are these Wangtek models configurable to DOS and/or Win95 on most > common PC's? With drivers, yes. Specifically, you'd need a controller driver from one manufacturer or another... > Are they commonly available and what would they typically cost? Check computer shoppper, and they are generally cheap. If you have SCSI, I would recommend a SCSI tape drive instead. Newer drives are all SCSI, and they generally store a lot more (I have a 1/2G with no compression QIC drive from "Dirt Cheap Drives" in computer shopper; it's SCSI II and it is quite fast... I shoebox it to all of my machines; cost less than $200). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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