From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Nov 11 11:51:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from persprog.com (persprog.com [209.208.0.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9140A14BF4 for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:51:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dave@mmrd.com) Received: by persprog.com (8.7.5/4.10) id OAA00206; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:49:17 -0500 Received: from dave.ppi.com(192.2.2.6) by cerberus.ppi.com via smap (V1.3) id sma000204; Thu Nov 11 14:49:13 1999 Message-Id: <4.2.2.19991111144543.00ad2330@192.2.2.24> X-Sender: dave@192.2.2.24 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 14:49:31 -0500 To: Eric Lee Green From: "David W. Alderman" Subject: Re: onStream? Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <99111106460800.32323@ehome.inhouse> References: <199911102306.AAA24666@bowtie.nl> <199911102306.AAA24666@bowtie.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org When you say "helical-scan" don't you mean 8mm? I have had nothing but trouble with DDS/DAT drives. I understand that some 8mm technologies are very reliable. Is the VXA based on 8mm, DDS or something new? They have been running the boiling-water gimmick in their ads, you know. :-) At 06:40 AM 11/11/1999 -0700, Eric Lee Green wrote: >I'm sorry, but while the OnStream is in all ways the penultimate of QIC >technology, it will never have the reliability and speed of helical-scan >technology. Dave Alderman - Democracy should not be capital intensive. Business: dave@mmrd.com Personal: dwa@atlantic.net -or- dwa@netcommander.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message