From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Oct 2 07:22:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA03840 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 07:22:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgate.cadence.com (mailgate.Cadence.COM [158.140.2.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03823 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 07:22:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk) Received: (from smap@localhost) by mailgate.cadence.com (8.8.5/8.6.8) id HAA01170; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 07:21:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810021421.HAA01170@mailgate.cadence.com> Received: from symnt3.cadence.com(194.32.101.100) by mailgate.cadence.com via smap (mjr-v1.2) id xma907338104.001139; Fri, 2 Oct 98 07:21:44 -0700 Received: from pc287-cam.cadence.com (d194032096136.Cadence.COM [194.32.96.136]) by symnt3.Cadence.COM with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id Q4J1BYRM; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:22:03 +0100 Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Duncan Barclay" To: David Kelly Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:21:23 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Exabyte 8200 Reply-to: dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk CC: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199810021355.IAA00235@nospam.hiwaay.net> References: Message from Duncan Barclay of "Thu, 01 Oct 1998 20:57:30 BST." X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.53/R1) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Duncan Barclay writes: > > The model I have has an LCD panel over the drive door. When the drive powers > > up > > it asks me to select a compression mode, there is a small round button on the > > LCD which toggles a little "C" on the LCD, next to a "2". There is also an > > extra card plugged into the SCSI connector which I think controls the LCD. > > > > This model doesn'y seem to be a standard Exabyte model and markings on the > > chassis don't tell me much. > > Big LCD display, full width of the 5-1/4" drive, at least 2 lines > high? Believe that is a Cybernetic Microsystems (?) model. > Compression and the LCD display are handled by a custom CPU between > the external SCSI bus and the internal exabyte SCSI. Sounds about right. There is a daughter board sitting on the SCSI connector of the 8200. > The company I'm thinking of advertises heavily in NASA Tech Briefs > and other odd places. Think they have a web site too but I'm offline > right now and can't go find it. I'll try and find it. > As I recal, the only real problem with a Cybernetic tape drive is > the compression is vendor unique. Doesn't matter as it's for home use. And I only need to back up a gigabyte or so. Thanks Duncan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message