Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 08:42:09 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: lehey.pad@sni.de (Greg Lehey) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, peter@taronga.com, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape drive FAQ Message-ID: <199604092312.IAA17286@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199604091518.RAA02539@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Apr 9, 96 06:33:07 pm
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Greg Lehey stands accused of saying: > >>> She's ruled out DAT unless I can get a DAT drive for well under the $550 >>> that's the best price I can manage. I'll be damned if I'm going to buy one >>> of those ghastly Floppy Tape things without Jesus Monroy's mythical driver. >> >> Hmm. The bonus with DAT is that media are _very_ cheap. I'd expect you to >> pay around $10 for a 2G cart, as opposed to $30 or so for DC6250's. > > Agreed (and just recently claimed). But I'd assume you're talking > Australian dollars. Sorry, no. I was trying to remember the prices you were quoting in US$. We pay AUS$13.50 wholesale for 90m DAT tapes, and last time we bought DC6250's we were up for about AUS$45 each. > Greg -- ]] 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 [[help
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